Yesterday, in New York, a joint communique was signed on the establishment of diplomatic relations between Uzbekistan and the Commonwealth of Dominica, Dune news agency reports.
On behalf of their governments, the document was signed by the Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the UN, Ambassador Bakhtiyor Ibragimov and the Permanent Representative of Dominica to the UN, Ambassador Loreen Ruth Bannis-Roberts.
The Commonwealth of Dominica is the 137th country with which Tashkent established diplomatic relations. It is an island nation in the Caribbean. The area of the country is 751 sq km, the population is about 70,000 people.