He received a warm welcome from the region’s Hokim, Akhmadjon Usmanov, who described progress in the province since the tragic events in 2005, US Embassy in Tashkent said on its website.

US Ambassador Norland also visited Asaka’s GM-Uzbekistan auto plant, which is the largest Uzbekistan-US joint venture in the Ferghana Valley and the largest car manufacturing company in Central Asia.

First Deputy Director of GM-Uzbekistan Akhmedjanov Isroil and Deputy Hokim Ketmonov Hatamjan escorted Ambassador Norland on a tour of this dynamic plant.

Ambassador Norland was pleased with the hospitality the people of Andijon showed him during the course of his visit and plans to return in the future.