Co-director of UJC receives honorary diploma of JICA

The JICA honorary diploma is an international award, which was established in recognition of the organizations and people who made a significant contribution to the successful implementation of JICA’s projects, and whose work brought the greatest benefit and significant results at the level of local development.

Vice-President of JICA Kae Yanagisawa handed over to Salombek Habibullaev on 25 October within the visit of the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Uzbekistan.

Salombek Habibullaev became the first citizen of Uzbekistan, who received the JICA diploma. Since 2011, some 68 people received the diploma worldwide.

Habibullaev was working at the UJC from the first day of its operation within the technical assistance of the JICA.

The Uzbekistan-Japan Center was established in compliance with the agreement between the governments of Uzbekistan and Japan concluded in October 2000. Ministry for Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) acted as the Founders of the Center.

The purpose of the organization is to train specialists for facilitating business development in Uzbekistan, to enhance mutual understanding and strengthen friendly relations between the two countries through communicating various information and introducing the culture and language of Japan to the people in Uzbekistan who show keen interest in this country.