Abdusamat Khaydarov

Ambassador Abdusamat Khaydarov is currently serving as Director of the Diplomatic Academy at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy, MFA of the Republic of Uzbekistan. He was Head of the Western and Southern Regional Offices and Head of Political Affairs Department, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) from late 2007 up to the end of 2016.

Earlier, he had a long career as diplomat and expert оn the Central and South Asian regions. After Uzbekistan’s independence in 1991, he served in the MFA leading its Asia and Africa Department and later as Chief Consultant to the Office of the President of Uzbekistan on interstate and foreign economic relations.

From 1996 – 1999, he served as Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Iran and thereafter returned to Tashkent where he served as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan (1999-2000). He has authored more than 80 publications, monographs and books on Afghanistan, Iran, India and Central and South Asia.