Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- According to the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Washington, as part of the organization of celebrations in honor of the 29th anniversary of the Independence Day of Uzbekistan in the United States, our diplomatic mission has prepared a festive pilaf for distribution among the relevant departments of the American government, the diplomatic corps in Washington, as well as representatives of the business and cultural communities of the host country.

It should be noted that all organizations, without exception, expressed their sincere gratitude for "the generous attention and the opportunity to taste the national gastronomic brand of Uzbekistan in the American capital."

After the State Department received the festive pilaf, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus posted a message of thanks on her official Twitter and Instagram pages as follows:

"Independence Day! Yesterday I received a delicious pilaf, a traditional rice dish, from our friends at the Uzbekistan Embassy in DC. During my visit to Uzbekistan earlier this year, I tasted the most delicious food, so it was a real pleasure to experience the taste of Uzbekistan in DC.”

Taking into account that the total number of subscribers Morgan Ortagus is over 460 thousand people. (Twitter - 454 thousand, Instagram - 6 thousand), this event serves to popularize our gastronomic tourism potential.