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By: uzbekistan.neweurasia.net » Blog Archive » The OSCE and Conspiracy Theory

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:25:30 +0000

[...] Arena has one of the stranger articles out there about the OSCEâ€™s visit to Uzbekistan. According to the source, the OSCE head Karel De Gucht (who RFE/RL erroneously reported had not visited Uzbekistan â€“ a story repeated by myself here at neweurasia) asked a pointed question about Andijan, questioning whether the protesters were terrorists or peaceful demonstrators. The response was a tale I for one have never heard before. [...]

By: James

James — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 01:38:50 +0000

If it was, the joke was on us…

By: Tajik boy

Tajik boy — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:50:48 +0000

James, that was April fool’s day joke, right?

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 05:39:12 +0000

That’s OK. People are making mistakes usually and do not trust media for 100%.

By: James

James — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 16:50:59 +0000

Jack, Olesya: You were right; please accept my apologies.

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:29:23 +0000

Hi,

OSCE head visited Uzbekistan and I have seen video feed on Uzbek TV with de Gucht and Karimov with participation of Uzbek Foreign Minister Elyor Ghaniev and delegates of the OSCE.

The meeting took place on Saturday, 1 April and I assume that OSCE office was on weekend holidays.

Besides, the Uzbek presidentâ€™s web site http://www.press-service.uz also made report on the visit.

I have also read reports of Interfax and BBC Monitoring on the visit of de Gucht.

I think RFE/RL made wrong reports and mislead readers. This is usual case for them.

By: Registan.net :: Central Asia News

Registan.net :: Central Asia News — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 21:38:26 +0000

Who Is Wrong?

Yesterday, James posted about OSCE Chairman/Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht’s Central Asia visit. James noted that Uzbekistan was left of de Gucht’s itinerary and said that it is a sign of Uzbekistan’s diplomatic isolation fr…

By: Olesya

Olesya — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 19:45:20 +0000

According to REGNUM, De Gucht actually visited Uzbekistan on 1 April:

“Islam Karimov and OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht exchanged opinions on the issues of the current state and prospects of relations between Uzbekistan and the OSCE
as well as on the issues of further development of Uzbek-Belgian cooperation.”

The Russian version of the press-service’s website says the same.

By: James

James — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 14:41:22 +0000

If I am misleading readers, it is not knowingly. Do you have a source on that? If so I will update the post. I cited my source in the link….

By: Jack

Jack — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 08:34:41 +0000

Hi,

You again misleading readers. De Gucht visited Uzbekistan on Friday and met local officials, including Uzbek President Islam Karimov.