Photo by Megan Bean

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University President Mark E. Keenum welcomed Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the United States Javlon Vakhabov and U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan Daniel Rosenblum to campus Wednesday [Feb. 12] to discuss potential collaborations.

The state of Mississippi and Uzbekistan have developed distinctive partnerships in military training and trade. Last year, MSU and Uzbekistan’s Tashkent State Agrarian University signed a memorandum of understanding for future academic and research collaborations.

Pictured, from left, is Maj. Gen. Janson D. “Durr” Boyles, Adjutant General of Mississippi, Vakhabov, Rosenblum and Keenum.

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