Bush recognized Uzbekistan’s independence in an address concerning the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

[1] Subsequently, the American Embassy in Tashkent was established on March 16, 1992, with Michael Mozur serving as the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.

Uzbekistan had previously been a constituent republic of the USSR, and it briefly joined the United States as an ally in the War on Terror.

[2] In February 2006, the American Embassy in Uzbekistan moved to a new embassy complex in the Yunusabad district, on Maykurgan Street[3] In the broader regional context, the embassy functions within the framework of the C5+1 diplomatic platform involving the United States and the five Central Asian Republics: Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

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