From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Wed Nov 29 2000 - 09:52:35 EST
TASHKENT DEMANDS EXTRADITION OF UZBEK ISLAMIC MOVEMENT REBELS - FOREIGN
MINISTER
TASHKENT. Nov 29 (Interfax) - Uzbekistan has demanded of the
Taliban movement the extradition of members of the Islamic Movement of
Uzbekistan from Afghanistan, Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov
said at a Wednesday news conference in Tashkent.
Working contacts with the Taliban are on-going through the Uzbek
ambassador in Islamabad, Kamilov said, and these are aimed primarily at
averting any threats to Uzbekistan from Afghanistan.
Kamilov confirmed that Uzbekistan is insisting on the extradition
of Islamic Movement members, as well as an end to any Taliban assistance
for them. However, he noted, the Taliban has not given any firm
promises. Nevertheless, "Uzbekistan raises these questions in principle,
and in the event of positive decisions on them is ready for considerable
bilateral cooperation," he said.
Uzbek National Security Council Secretary Mir-Akbar Rakhmonkulov
and presidential spokesman Rustam Dzhumayev were also on hand for the
news conference.
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