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SWITZERLAND JOINS EU SANCTIONS AGAINST UZBEKISTAN
By empty (2/2/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Switzerland has moved to join the sanctions the European Union imposed on Uzbekistan after the Uzbek government refused to allow an independent investigation of massacre allegations in Andijon, the BBC\'s Uzbek Service reported on 31 January. The sanctions include an embargo on arms sales and a visa ban for 12 high-ranking officials. Rita Baldegger, spokeswoman for the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, told RFE/RL\'s Uzbek Service on 1 February, \"We are very strongly against internal repression, and this is a way of showing that and, of course, hopefully a way of making the [Uzbek] government think about their actions.REPORT SAYS UZBEKISTAN SETS CONDITIONS FOR GERMAN BASE
By empty (2/2/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Germany\'s \"Der Spiegel\" reported on 30 January that Uzbekistan\'s Foreign Ministry has informed the German government that Germany could lose its base in Termez, Uzbekistan, if it fails to make substantial investments in local infrastructure. The report said the Uzbek authorities are asking Germany to embark on projects that will cost a total of 20 million euros (about $24 million), including the construction of a hotel and hospital. German officials, who have already invested 12 million euros in the region and pay the Uzbek government 240,000 euros a month to house 300 German troops at the base, are unenthusiastic about the request, \"Der Spiegel\" reported.KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT NIXES PRESIDENT\'S COURT CHOICES
By empty (2/2/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
With 38 votes against, Kyrgyzstan\'s parliament on 2 February rejected the candidacy of Sultangazy Kasymov to head the country\'s supreme court. Kasymov had been chief justice of the court since 1996, and President Kurmanbek Bakiev had resubmitted Kasymov\'s candidacy when his term expired. Deputy Ulukbek Ormonov said that \"new, young faces\" should come to the high court.MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS VISIT AZERBAIJAN
By empty (2/1/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The French, Russian, and U.S. co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group arrived in Baku on 31 January and held behind-closed-door talks the following day with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and with President Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijani media reported.Visit also
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