From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Mon Aug 28 2000 - 10:44:01 EDT
UZBEKISTAN, CHINA DISCUSS MILITARY COOPERATION
Chinese Defense Minister Chi Haotian said in Beijing on 24 August,
after talks with an Uzbek delegation headed by Uzbek Defense
Minister Yuri Agzamov, that China plans to intensify military
cooperation with Tashkent, ITAR-TASS reported. Chi said that
Beijing will give Uzbekistan military aid worth 3 million
yuan ($365,000) "as a goodwill gesture," according to
Interfax. The two ministers discussed the recent fighting in
Central Asia between Kyrgyz and Uzbek government troops and
fighters of the banned Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. They
also signed a defense cooperation agreement, the details of
which have not been made public. LF
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