ADDIS ABABA, October 15. /Dunyo IA/.  Yesterday, Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Qatar Ashraf Khodjaev, who is concurrently accredited as the Ambassador to South Africa and Ethiopia, presented his credentials to Chairperson of the African Union Commission Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, reports Dunyo IA correspondent.

Ashraf Khodjaev has become the first Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the African Union, which unites 55 nations of the continent.

During the conversation held after the brief ceremony, the sides reaffirmed their mutual commitment to developing friendly relations and cooperation, and discussed plans for conducting joint events in the cultural, economic and humanitarian spheres.