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Wednesday, 29 August 2001
ETHNIC KAZAKHS WANT TO LEAVE UZBEKISTAN
By empty (8/29/2001 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kazakhstan's ambassador in Tashkent, Umarzak Uzbekov said on 29 August that 3,000 families of ethnic Kazakhs living near the Aral Sea want to leave Uzbekistan and resettle in Kazakhstan, and that they are seeking financial help to do so. There are approximately 1.2 million ethnic Kazakhs in Uzbekistan at present, he said, and recently the desire to emigrate to Kazakhstan has "somewhat increased.
Kazakhstan's ambassador in Tashkent, Umarzak Uzbekov said on 29 August that 3,000 families of ethnic Kazakhs living near the Aral Sea want to leave Uzbekistan and resettle in Kazakhstan, and that they are seeking financial help to do so. There are approximately 1.2 million ethnic Kazakhs in Uzbekistan at present, he said, and recently the desire to emigrate to Kazakhstan has "somewhat increased." (Interfax)