ALMATY, Nov 17: Britain’s embattled ambassador to Uzbekistan returned to his post on Monday despite reports that London has been calling for his head for criticizing the dismal human rights record in the former Soviet republic, an embassy official said.

Ambassador Craig Murray “has resumed his duties,” the embassy’s deputy head Carl Garn told AFP from Tashkent.

Murray has been at the center of a political storm following British media reports that he had to undergo treatment for depression.—AFP