Over 5,400 become citizens of Uzbekistan since year-start

AKIPRESS.COM - President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has signed 25 orders approving acquisition of citizenship of Uzbekistan by 5,441 people since the start of the year, UzA reports. After the country gained sovereignty, 482 stateless persons acquired citizenship of Uzbekistan from 1991 to 2007.
Citizenship was not granted to anyone from 2007 to 2016.
In December 2016, President Mirziyoyev has signed the first order on acquisition of citizenship by 179 people.
10 orders on citizenship acquisition by 1,064 people was signed in 2017, 15 orders were signed in 2018 granting citizenship to 2,759 stateless persons.
9,443 people acquired citizenship of Uzbekistan for 3 years in total.