“84.5 thousand of them left for work in Russia, 6,197 people went to work in Kazakhstan and 1,174 citizens departed for South Korea,” the agency said.

Earlier, the agency reported that Japan was planning to recruit skilled seamstresses from Uzbekistan, offering a monthly salary of around $1,000.

Also, under a cooperation agreement between the agency and the Swiss organization Globogate Recruiting GmbH, a program has been developed to attract experienced medical staff to German medical institutions from Uzbekistan.