Politics
Jun 2 2005 11:01AMChechen terrorists involved in Uzbek rioting - Lavrov
VLADIVOSTOK. June 2 (Interfax) - Russia possesses information
indicating that Chechen terrorists were involved in the recent rioting
in Uzbekistan, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
"We have information that Islamic extremists, structures of the
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, remnants of the Taliban, and some
Chechen terrorists were involved in this," Lavrov said at a press
conference in Vladivostok, referring to the May 13 rioting in the
southern Uzbek city of Andizhan.
The Russian, Chinese, and Indian foreign ministers discussed the
situation in Central Asia, including Uzbekistan, at a meeting in
Vladivostok on Thursday, Lavrov said.
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