The department said Eric Schwartz will hold meetings with government officials. He will also hold talks with representatives of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

Eric Schwartz will become the third US Assistant Secretary of State, who visited Uzbekistan in June. On 17—18 June, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake, and Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Right, and Labor Michael Posner visited Uzbekistan