Deputy Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Alisher Abdualiyev has been transferred to the post of First Deputy Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade, Kun.uz correspondent reports.

The corresponding document was signed on May 6 by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

It should be noted that this is the second time Abdualiyev is appointed to a new post this year. He took office as Deputy FM in January.

Prior to that, from September 2012, he worked as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Uzbekistan to Ukraine.