16 Years in Prison for Exposing Large-Scale Corruption in the State Security Service
... The United States, as one of Uzbekistan’s twelve strategic partners, signed the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) with Uzbekistan on June 9, 2023, in Washington, D.C. This agreement allows both parties to securely exchange classified military information and gives Uzbekistan access to higher-level capabilities such as satellite imagery, signals intelligence, defense technologies, and additional funding. If Uzbekistan were led by a decisive leader with strong political will, this agreement could realistically shift the regional balance of power and act as a deterrent against creeping annexation efforts by China and Russia in Central Asia.
However, given the realities of the Mirziyoyev regime—marked by government incompetence, nepotism, and widespread corruption across all levels of power—the GSOMIA agreement will ultimately benefit the very countries it was meant to counterbalance. To speak frankly, all classified information and intelligence provided by the United States for strengthening Uzbekistan’s defense will, sooner or later, end up in the hands of the regime’s northern and eastern “strategic partners.”
For this very reason, on June 6, 2023—just before the agreement was signed—the Uzbek side insisted that their American counterparts keep the contents of the document classified and refrain from publicly acknowledging that the agreement had been signed.
It is worth noting that when similar agreements are signed with the United States, leaders of other countries do not hide either the fact of the signing or the content of such agreements related to national security from their citizens.
Six months after signing the GSOMIA agreement, Uzbek security services allowed a major leak of classified documents concerning close U.S.–Uzbekistan cooperation. More than 200 pages of these documents were published online...
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P.S. site in Uzbekistan is blocked, you can read the article using a VPN
... The United States, as one of Uzbekistan’s twelve strategic partners, signed the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) with Uzbekistan on June 9, 2023, in Washington, D.C. This agreement allows both parties to securely exchange classified military information and gives Uzbekistan access to higher-level capabilities such as satellite imagery, signals intelligence, defense technologies, and additional funding. If Uzbekistan were led by a decisive leader with strong political will, this agreement could realistically shift the regional balance of power and act as a deterrent against creeping annexation efforts by China and Russia in Central Asia.
However, given the realities of the Mirziyoyev regime—marked by government incompetence, nepotism, and widespread corruption across all levels of power—the GSOMIA agreement will ultimately benefit the very countries it was meant to counterbalance. To speak frankly, all classified information and intelligence provided by the United States for strengthening Uzbekistan’s defense will, sooner or later, end up in the hands of the regime’s northern and eastern “strategic partners.”
For this very reason, on June 6, 2023—just before the agreement was signed—the Uzbek side insisted that their American counterparts keep the contents of the document classified and refrain from publicly acknowledging that the agreement had been signed.
It is worth noting that when similar agreements are signed with the United States, leaders of other countries do not hide either the fact of the signing or the content of such agreements related to national security from their citizens.
Six months after signing the GSOMIA agreement, Uzbek security services allowed a major leak of classified documents concerning close U.S.–Uzbekistan cooperation. More than 200 pages of these documents were published online...
@erkinozbekiston_uz
P.S. site in Uzbekistan is blocked, you can read the article using a VPN