Uzbekistan Boycotts NATO
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Uzbekistan reportedly boycotted Thursday’s meeting of NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council. According to Reuters:
A NATO official said that although Uzbekistan — which borders Afghanistan — had not formally announced that it would not attend, it had made it clear that no one would be coming from the foreign ministry in Tashkent.
“The information available suggests clearly that the Uzbek delegation is not coming,” said the official, who declined to be named.
However, at the meeting the Kazakh foreign minister, according to this report:
“… took the floor on behalf of the whole Central Asian region … ”
It may be the case that the Kazakh and Uzbek FMs cooked-up some deal to present a unified front, but perhaps it is more likely that (bearing in mind the natural bias of KazInform) it indicates an element of struggle for prestige amongst Central Asia’s most two important countries. I wonder if the folks in Astana aren’t a little pleased the regime in Tashkent has got itself into a tangle with NATO.
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I can’t believe the government of Uzbekistan is acting so foolish and arrogant when it comes to dealing with US and Europe. Basically, the current government is digging its own grave by being so close-minded. I saw the plight of people in Uzbekistan when I visited in September. People are clueless about this situation and they are fed daily hate propaganda toward the West especially USA and Europe. It is American’s fault that there’s strained relations with US etc.
Well, the history shows that dictatorships and repressive regimes will not last long and there will be a revolution either bloody or through peaceful means. I long for the day when Uzbek people will be finally free from the oppresive and corrupt regime of Karimov and his despicable peons.
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