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From: Abraham Rein (ARein@sorosny.org)
Date: Tue Oct 03 2000 - 13:09:58 EDT
UZBEKISTAN ADMITS TO 'INFORMAL' TALKS WITH TALIBAN. Uzbek
Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Komilov told journalists in
Tashkent on 2 October that Uzbekistan's ambassador in
Pakistan met the previous day in Islamabad with Taliban
representatives, AP reported. Komilov said that the two sides
pledged non-interference in each other's internal affairs.
Komilov added that numerous other countries have established
such contacts with the Taliban, but he declined to name them.
He said Uzbekistan will recognized the legitimacy of any
government in Afghanistan that has the support of that
country's population. Meanwhile AP reported on 2 October that
the Uzbek government has banned foreign tour firms from
taking tourists to the border mountain regions that were the
scene of fighting between IMU and Uzbek government forces in
August-September. LF
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