Brussels, 25/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - Agreeing to meet Uzbek President Islam Karimov in Brussels on Monday 24 January (see EUROPE 10300) was “the right thing to do”, Commission President José Manuel Barroso said, in similar vain to the secretary general of NATO (see article below), on Tuesday 25 January. Of course, given the very poor human rights situation in his country, Karimov made “an uncomfortable guest”, but if the EU wanted to play a role in the world, it would have...