PM Narendra Modi. (Express File Photo/Partha Paul) PM Narendra Modi. (Express File Photo/Partha Paul)“Salom O’zbekiston!”, tweeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he landed in Tashkent in July 2015, beginning his very productive journey through all five Central Asian states. On hand to receive him was Uzbek Prime Minister Shavkat Miromonivich Mirziyoyev, a measure of neighbouring Uzbekistan’s interest in India’s growth. Certainly, Modi understood the strategic importance of Uzbekistan as well as President Karimov’s own link with India.

Source: Indian Express September 15, 2016 18:22 UTC