{"id":10438,"date":"2019-01-18T15:04:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T13:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/?p=10438"},"modified":"2019-01-18T15:05:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T13:05:19","slug":"uzbek-decree-allows-unmarried-couples-to-stay-in-hotels-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/2019\/01\/uzbek-decree-allows-unmarried-couples-to-stay-in-hotels-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Uzbek Decree Allows Unmarried Couples To Stay In Hotels Together"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Uzbekistan\u2019s president has issued a decree that allows unmarried couples to share rooms in hotels across the former Soviet republic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to Shavkat Mirziyoev\u2019s decree, published by the National Information Agency of Uzbekistan, the move is being made to secure unmarried couples’ “right to a private life.”<\/p>\n

“Hotel services must be provided regardless of individuals’ permanent addresses, citizenship, or status of their relations, including matrimonial relations,” the decree says.<\/p>\n

The decree also orders the extension of the number of countries whose citizens can visit Uzbekistan without visas.<\/p>\n

Currently, Uzbekistan offers visa-free entry to citizens of France, Turkey, Israel, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, and the most of the former Soviet republics.<\/p>\n

It has also announced that by February it will allow 30-day tourist visas for citizens of Germany, Britain, Ireland, and several other European Union member states.<\/p>\n

Mirziyoev has announced plans to implement reforms to open Uzbekistan to the outer world after he came to power following the death of longtime President Islam Karimov in 2016.<\/p>\n

Predominantly Muslim Uzbekistan is Central Asia’s most populous country, with a population of 32 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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