Uzbekistan News

03/13/2002
The Uzbek delegation led by President Islam Karimov is continuing an official visit to the USA. High-level talks were held between Islam Karimov and the US President George Bush at the White House...More

US, Uzbek leaders meet, strategic partnership declaration signed

OSCE welcomes registration of independent human rights group in Uzbekistan

03/11/2002
The OSCE center in Tashkent circulated a statement on Monday in which it says that the OSCE Bureau for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights welcomed the official registration of the independent human rights group by the country's Justice Ministry last week...More

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Secularizing Uzbekistan - Interview with First Deputy Foreign Minister Sadyk Savaev

03/12/2002
Ahead of the visit of President Islam Karimov's visit to Washington, Uzbekistan’s first deputy foreign minister outlines his country’s aim to become a “modern democratic secular state” and fills out details of its relationship with the United States... More

U.S. Treads Fine Line as It Thanks Uzbek Leader

03/12/2002
The United States balanced praise with criticism on Tuesday as President Bush met Uzbek President Islam Karimov, seen by Washington as a key ally in the war on terrorism but also an authoritarian figure who has denied his people basic human rights. Rights advocates say Bush risks worsening Karimov's human rights record if it gives him too much credibility for allowing the... More

Bush's Uzbekistan test

03/13/2002
Uzbekistan, which sits on Afghanistan's border and faces its own terrorist movement, has played host to US troops. The Uzbek strongman, Islam Karimov, has rightly earned points for this... More

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03/23/2002
The Uzbek President Islam Karimov has said that the wages will go up twice in 2002. Starting from April there will be pay rises for working people and increases in allowances for pensioners, students and so on... More

Karimov promised that wages will go up twice in Uzbekistan

Russian Leader Sends Note on Anniversary

03/23/2002
Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation sent congratulation to Uzbek President Islam Karimov on the occasion of a 10th anniversary of diplomatic relations between two countries... More

Poisoned Land Kills Uzbeks

03/22/2002
Two babies, a few months old, lie fighting for life in a hospital in eastern Uzbekistan's vast and poverty-stricken Karakalpakstan region.Acute respiratory infections make each breath a desperate struggle... More

Uzbek President's Nowruz Address To The Nation

03/21/2002
Nationwide Nowruz celebration started in Uzbekistan and President Karimov made the following speech at the Holiday ceremony in Tashkent this morning... More

NATO to give 70 grants to back Uzbek research

03/21/2002
NATO intends to give 70 grants to Uzbek researchers, the deputy assistant NATO secretary general for political affairs and director of the NATO Political Directorate, Daniel Speckhardt, said during a visit to [Uzbek capital] Tashkent... More

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