Sodiq Solihovich Safoyev (Uzbek Cyrillic: Содиқ Солиҳович Сафоев; Russian: Садык Салихович Сафаев, romanized: Sadyk Salikhovich Safayev), also known as Sodyq Safayev (born 3 February 1954) is first deputy chairperson of the Senate of Uzbekistan's Parliament, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan from 14 March 2003 until 4 February 2005.

[2] In 1991, Safoyev was appointed Chief Consultant and Head of Department of International Economic Relations in Presidential Administration.

[2] On 14 March 2003 Safoyev was appointed the Minister of Foreign Affairs, a post he held until 4 February 2005 when he was replaced by Elyor Ganiyev.

[5] From 2005 to 2009, Safoyev chaired the Foreign Political Affairs Committee of Oliy Majlis Senate of Uzbekistan and was then re-appointed to the same post on 22 January 2010.

The BBC, which published the story, was accused by then the First Deputy Minister Vladimir Norov of an intrusion into the personal lives of Safoyev and Karimova.