From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Wed May 31 2000 - 11:33:06 EDT
ARAB COUNTRIES DENY KAZAKH MEDIA CLAIMS THEY SUPPORT ISLAMIC
EXTREMISM
The ambassadors of Egypt, Libya, Palestine, and
Saudi Arabia met with Kazakhstan's Prime Minister
Qasymzhomart Toqaev on 27 May to protest Kazakh print media
articles claiming that their countries support "Islamic
extremists," Asia Plus-Blitz reported on 30 May. They
objected specifically to an article in the newspaper
"Karavan" affirming that Saudi Arabia encourages religious
extremism and terrorism. Toqaev undertook to investigate the
issue. LF
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