From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Tue Apr 25 2000 - 11:10:36 EDT
KAZAKHSTAN, UZBEKISTAN PLEDGE TO RESOLVE BORDER DISPUTES
On 24 April, Kazakh Foreign Minister Idrisov and
Uzbekistan's ambassador to Kazakhstan, Turdykul Butayarov,
told journalists in Almaty that working groups from the two
countries will meet next week to begin demarcating their
2,150 km common border, RFE/RL's bureau in the former capital
reported. Unilateral attempts by Uzbekistan to do so earlier
this year gave rise to protests and tensions in southern
Kazakhstan. LF
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