On January 10th, 2024, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Great Britain, the Right Honourable Minister Leo Docherty, came to Uzbekistan on an official visit. During the visit, Minister Docherty and members of the British Parliament delegation, as well as British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, His Majesty's Ambassador, Timothy Smart, Country Director at British Council Uzbekistan Denise Waddingham visited Westminster Internation University in Tashkent (WIUT) - an accredited institution of the University of Westminster to meet with the Rector of WIUT Bakhrom Mirkasimov and First Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovations of the Republic of Uzbekistan Komiljon Karimov.
Directions for developing future partnerships and education links between the UK and the Republic of Uzbekistan, including ways to support the Uzbekistan government's higher education priorities and the successful exemplar of the UK-Uzbekistan Transnational Educational (TNE) partnership and their further student and staff support measures were discussed. The visit ended with a nice campus tour.
Leo Docherty was a Minister of State (Minister for the Armed Forces) in the Ministry of Defence between 26 March 2024 and 5 July 2024.
He was a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) from 27 October 2022 to 26 March 2024.
He was previously Minister of State for Europe at the FCDO from 7 September 2022 to 27 October 2022. Leo was Minister for Defence People from July to September 2022. He was Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Defence People and Veterans) for the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Defence from April 2021 to July 2022. He was the MP for Aldershot from 2017 to 2024.
