Conference on ?Political parties and elections: World practice and legislation of Uzbekistan? opened in Samarkand 4 November.

The two-day forum has been organised in the framework of conferences on preparation to December parliamentary elections, which are held across the country.

A number of world expert are participating in the Samarkand conference, including Frederick Starr, director of John Hopkins University?s Central Asia and Caucasus Institute and one of the leading US experts on Uzbekistan and Central Asia.