Uzbekistan: Demarche on Results of U.S.-Russia Presidential

C O N F I D E N T I A L TASHKENT 001219 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN, EUR/RUS FOR JANINE ELLISON AND DAPHNE STAVROPOULOS AMEMBASSY ASTANA PASS TO USOFFICE ALMATY AMEMBASSY HELSINKI PASS TO AMCONSUL ST PETERSBURG AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PASS TO AMCONSUL VLADIVOSTOK AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PASS TO AMCONSUL YEKATERINBURG E.O. 12958: DECL: 2019/07/15 TAGS: PREL PGOV RS UZ SUBJECT: Uzbekistan: Demarche on Results of U.S.-Russia Presidential Summit Delivered REF: STATE 71326 CLASSIFIED BY: Steven Prohaska, Second Secretary, State, Pol-Econ; REASON: 1.4(B),(D) ¶1. (C) On July 15, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the results of the U.S.-Russia presidential summit to Nurillo Abdullaev, Acting Americas Desk Chief at Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Abdullaev thanked Poloff for the detailed information. He remarked that Uzbekistan has been following this issue closely, drawing on information provided by its Embassies in Moscow and Washington DC. Furthermore, a Russian diplomat had recently indicated to Abdullaev that the U.S. and Russia have discussed the transit of military goods across Russia's territory to support international efforts in Afghanistan. The Russian also had asked Abdullaev whether Undersecretary Burns had raised this issue during his recent visit to Tashkent. Abdullaev had reiterated Uzbekistan's position that it supports the transit of only commercial, non-military, non-lethal goods across its territory. BUTCHER