Chairman of the Uzcharmsanoat Association, Sardor Umurzakov, is appointed Minister of Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan, Kun.uz correspondent reported.

In this post, he replaced Jamshid Khodjayev, who headed the Ministry of Foreign Trade since November 2017.

Umurzakov was in charge of the principle position at the Association for over a half year. Prior to his current appointment, he was Deputy Chairman of Uzcharmsanoat.

It should be noted that Jamshid Khodjayev is transferred to the post of Minister of Agriculture.