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Thursday, 02 June 2005
CHECHEN TERRORISTS INVOLVED IN UZBEK RIOTING – LAVROV
By empty (6/2/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
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.
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. (Interfax)