TASHKENT: Polling stations opened in Uzbekistan at 8:00 am (0300 GMT) Sunday for a presidential election that is set to hand the incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev a third term as head of the Central Asian state.
Around 20 million Uzbeks are eligible to vote in the former Soviet republic, which has been led since 2016 by Mirziyoyev, who portrays himself as a reformer.
Around 20 million Uzbeks are eligible to vote in the former Soviet republic, which has been led since 2016 by Mirziyoyev, who portrays himself as a reformer.