From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Tue Apr 11 2000 - 12:13:24 EDT
RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL AIDE VISITS UZBEKISTAN
On a one-day visit to Tashkent on 10 April, Sergei Yastrzhembskii called
Uzbekistan Russia's "strategic ally" and pledged that Russia
will help Tashkent rebuff any attack on its territory by
international terrorists, Russian agencies reported.
Yastrzhembskii's talks with President Islam Karimov focused
on joint measures to combat terrorism, banditry, religious
extremism, and drug trafficking; the situation in Central
Asia; and bilateral relations. LF
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