Uzbekistan Abdulla Oripov passes away at the age of 75

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan said that at the eve night of 5 November, 2016 at local time Abdulla Oripov died at the clinic in Houston (Texas, USA) after a serious illness.

Relatives of Mr. Oripov decided to carry the body of the deceased to Uzbekistan and to hold funeral ceremony the homeland.

The Embassy of Uzbekistan to the United States was ordered to do all necessary measures to solve the consular and other matters urgently to Abdulla Oripov’s relatives, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.