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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8948
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/uzbekistan

Commission calls for calm from Uzbek authorities

Brussels, 17/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the European Commission called on the Uzbek authorities for restraint, whilst expressing its concern at the insurrection and bloodshed in the east of Uzbekistan. However, the Commission did not specify whether events in the central Asian former Soviet republic would have any impact on relations between the Union and Tashkent, which receives European aid in the region of ten million EUR a year. According to the spokesperson of Benita...

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