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## Politics Jun 22 2005 12:05PM ### Lavrov confirms Islamic extremists' role in Andizhan riot MOSCOW. June 22 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has confirmed there is information that Islamic extremists were involved in the mass riots in the eastern Uzbek city of Andizhan in May. "We have been sharing information [about the events]. Not only our special services, but also other states' special services have evidence," Lavrov told a news conference after a session of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Council of Foreign Ministers in Moscow on Wednesday. "Not only Collective Security Treaty Organization states, but also Western states" have this information, the minister said. |
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