Uzbekistan, Tashkent, May 19 /Trend D.Azizov/
High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton appointed the new head of EU delegation in Uzbekistan.
According to the press service of the European Commission, a citizen of Bulgaria Yuri Sterk was appointed EU Ambassador to Uzbekistan.
Prior to this appointment, he served as Ambassador of Bulgaria to Israel, as well as the Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the European Council in Strasbourg.
Sterk will replace Norbert Justin, who had been working in Uzbekistan since January 2012.