XI’AN, January 24. /Dunyo IA/.  Diplomat of Uzbekistan Nurali Irzayev has assumed his duties as Deputy Secretary-General of the Secretariat of the “Central Asia – China” format in the Chinese city of Xi’an, reports Dunyo IA correspondent.

Until recently, he served as Head of the Department for Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation with CIS Countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan.

Nurali Irzayev was born in the city of Navoi and is 43 years old. In 2005, he graduated from Tashkent State University, completing both bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes in “International Economic Relations”.

Since 2005, he has worked within the system of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, holding various positions at the ministry’s central office as well as at the Secretariat of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Beijing.