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09TASHKENT1421 | Uzbekistan: Mixed Messages on Child Labor in the Cotton [...] (C) Summary: In conversations in the last few weeks with poloff, UNICEF Representative in Uzbekistan Mahboob Shareef and Child Protection Officer Siyma Barkin have expressed their frustration with the GOU and its efforts to address child labor. Neither Shareef nor Barkin expected an inde [...] | 2009-08-05 10:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KTIP UZ |
09TASHKENT1423 | Uzbekistan: Tashkent Tidbits August 5, 2009 [...] (C) On July 29, Center for Strategic and International Studies representatives Andy Kuchins and Tom Sanderson met with us to give us a read-out of their meetings with various Government of Uzbekistan officials. Across the board, GOU officials appeared very enthusiastic about improving relation [...] | 2009-08-05 11:30:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC MOPS ECON PBTS PINR KJUS UZ |
09TASHKENT143 | CONCURRENCE FOR EXBS UZBEKISTAN FY 2008 PROGRAM PLAN [...] (SBU) Post confirms its concurrence with the Export Control and Related Border Security program plan in paragraph 6 of reftel. The Government of Uzbekistan also has demonstrated receptivity to engagement with the EXBS program and shown interest in participating in several of these activities. [...] | 2009-02-06 05:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC PBTS PREL MNUC PARM UZ |
09TASHKENT1431 | Uzbekistan: UNICEF: Rags to Riches [...] (C) In a "rags to riches" meeting between UNICEF representative Siyma Barkin and the Minister of Labor today, Minister Aktam Ahmatovich Haritov told Barkin that the GOU would like to implement all of the items in the UNICEF Work Plan, which was agreed to by the GOU last January. In fac [...] | 2009-08-06 12:38:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB UZ |
09TASHKENT1435 | Uzbekistan: ICRC Prison Monitoring Program Extended [...] (SBU) Rafaello Muller, Deputy Head of the International Committee for the Red Cross's (ICRC) Regional Delegation, informed poloff today that the GOU agreed on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, to extend last year's six-month pilot program allowing ICRC to enter and evaluate prisons. Prison visi [...] | 2009-08-07 12:45:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1437 | UZBEKISTAN: Human Rights Update [...] (C) Summary: Although Post was happy to report the continuation of a prison monitoring program by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),the human rights climate in Uzbekistan remains difficult, at best. The recent sentencing of journalist Dilmurod Sayyidov to twelve years [...] | 2009-08-10 12:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB UZ |
09TASHKENT1441 | Uzbekistan: Boosting Economic Ties with Brazil [...] (S/NF) On July 28, an official in Uzbekistan's Oliy Majlis provided Embassy's FSN Political Assistant with a readout of President Karimov's May trip to Brazil. (Note: The Uzbekistan National News Agency Online reported on May 28 that both sides signed agreements on technical cooperation; on e [...] | 2009-08-14 04:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | EAGR ECON ECIN PREL PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1443 | Uzbekistan: Leahy Vetting Request for Marshall Center [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for one Government of Uzbekistan official scheduled to participate in a Senior Executive Seminar (SES 09-0) at the George C. Marshall Center in Gar [...] | 2009-08-14 04:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR UZ |
09TASHKENT1445 | Uzbekistan: GICNT Demarche Delivered [...] (SBU) On August 13, Post delivered reftel demarche to Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post will report any response septel. NORLAND [...] | 2009-08-14 06:24:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC UZ |
09TASHKENT1447 | Uzbekistan: Scenesetter for the Visit of General Petraeus [...] (S) Summary: Your second visit to Uzbekistan comes at a pivotal moment in the U.S.-Uzbek relationship and will build upon the July 12-13 visit of Under Secretary of State Bill Burns during which we proposed to the Uzbeks the establishment of a structured bilateral dialogue. The Uzbek leadershi [...] | 2009-08-14 11:52:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR AF UZ |
09TASHKENT1451 | AFGHANISTAN - MANAGING THE NEIGHBORS: UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) We have urged the Uzbeks to play a constructive role as the Afghan elections unfold. Ambassador discussed reftel points with Deputy FM Karamatov on Aug. 17, and CENTCOM Commanding General Petraeus delivered the message in his meetings with President Karimov, the Uzbek Foreign and Defense M [...] | 2009-08-19 09:30:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UZ AF |
09TASHKENT1453 | Uzbekistan: PSI Exercise Demarche Delivered [...] (SBU) On August 18, Post delivered reftel demarche on PSI Exercise Leading Edge 2010 to Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post will report any substantive response septel. NORLAND [...] | 2009-08-19 11:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP UZ |
09TASHKENT1455 | Uzbekistan: Officials Preview Parliamentary Changes, [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan, in collaboration with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),hosted a conference dedicated to parliamentary systems and political parties in Tashkent on July 1-2. GOU representatives responded favorably to presentations from a [...] | 2009-08-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT1459 | Uzbekistan: UNICEF Visitor: Child Labor Assessment Not [...] (C) Summary: UNICEF visiting Senior Child Protection Advisor Joanne Dunn met with DCM and poloff Monday, August 17 to discuss child labor and the upcoming cotton harvest. Dunn stated that it is "way too late" for an assessment to be planned and implemented during this year's cotton harv [...] | 2009-08-20 08:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1463 | UZBEKISTAN: MINISTER GANIEV TO ATTEND TIFA COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Post sent the proposed TIFA Council agenda (reftel) to the MFA by diplomatic note on July 30 with the request that it be forwarded to the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment, and Trade (MFERIT). The note further requested a meeting with MFERIT Minister Elyor Ganiev to disc [...] | 2009-08-27 12:54:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD EINV ECON UZ |
09TASHKENT1469 | DETAILS OF TASHKENT SHOOT-OUT MURKY; GOU TYPICALLY MUM [...] (SBU) Summary: Uzbek law enforcement officers engaged in a "shoot-out" with a group of armed men in a downtown neighborhood of Tashkent on Saturday, August 29, at approximately 18:00 local time. The identities and affiliations of the armed men have not been confirmed. Contacts in the Ministr [...] | 2009-09-03 13:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KCRM UZ |
09TASHKENT147 | UZBEKISTAN: FERGHANA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS PUTTING [...] (C) On January 21, Poloff and Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program Assistant visited Ferghana Province's Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). Emboffs conducted end-use monitoring of counternarcotics equipment that the International Narc [...] | 2009-02-06 10:12:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV PBTS UZ |
09TASHKENT1473 | TASHKENT SHOOT-OUT ATTRIBUTED TO UZBEK EXTREMIST GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: An official press release from the Uzbek Attorney General's Office published September 4 reported that the shoot-out which took place on Saturday (reftel) was part of a special operation directed at a group of Islamic terrorists. The armed men were believed to be members of an [...] | 2009-09-04 13:22:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KCRM UZ |
09TASHKENT1475 | RECALL 09 TASHKENT 1475 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-09 06:02:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1479 | Uzbekistan: Amnesty Decree Announced, Human Rights Activist [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan announced an amnesty resolution last week, through which some prisoners and criminal defendants may apply to the court for clemency. The resolution includes several restrictions, which may serve to limit the number of political and religious p [...] | 2009-09-09 16:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT148 | UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING FOR NATO-RUSSIA CN TRAINING IN [...] (SBU) Embassy has conducted a review of its files and verifies that it does not possess credible information of gross violations of human rights by the Uzbek security officers identified in reftel. NORLAND To view the entire SMART message, go to URL http://repository.state.sgov.gov/_layouts/ [...] | 2009-02-06 11:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ASEC NATO SNAR UZ |
09TASHKENT1481 | Uzbekistan: Update on Trial of Journalist Dilmurod Sayid [...] (U) Summary: The Samarkand Regional Criminal Court commenced a hearing for journalist Dilmurod Sayid (aka Sayyidov) in Samarkand Province on Tuesday, September 8, 2009, to consider his harsh prison sentence and various procedural irregularities during his trial. Midway through the heari [...] | 2009-09-11 08:30:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KPAO UZ |
09TASHKENT1483 | UPDATE ON UZBEKISTAN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHAN [...] (U) Summary: Following recent discussions on the subject, the MFA of Uzbekistan provided the Embassy with an update on their involvement in the socio-economic reconstruction of Afghanistan. The contributions of the GOU have been primarily in the area of restoring and rebuilding infrast [...] | 2009-09-11 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO ELTN AF UZ |
09TASHKENT1487 | UZBEKISTAN EAGER TO INCREASE BORDER SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: GOU Customs and Border Security Officials seemed eager to get down to business during a meeting with Regional Export Control and Border Security (EXBS) Advisor and poloff. Uzbek officials recalled successful joint projects which took place in 2001 and expressed their desire to [...] | 2009-09-16 07:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS KNNP PREL ETTC MNUC PARM KSTC UZ |
09TASHKENT1489 | Uzbekistan: Notes from the Northwest [...] (SBU) Summary: Hayitbay Yakirboy, a human rights activist from Khorezm, met with poloff on August 12, 2009 to discuss issues facing northwestern Uzbekistan. Yakirboy addressed labor trafficking problems and discontent in the semiautonomous region of Karakalpakstan and the northwest province o [...] | 2009-09-16 11:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1491 | Uzbekistan: Activists in Samarkand Making a Difference [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 8, Poloff met with ten human rights activists from "Ezgulik," the only registered human rights organization in Uzbekistan. They discussed their observations of trends in the areas of child labor and religious freedom, but most of them focus their attention on the [...] | 2009-09-16 12:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1493 | Tashkent Tidbits September 17, 2009 [...] (C) A Brazilian coach for Uzbekistan's premiere team, Bunyodkor, recently told PE Chief of an incident following a match against Bunyodkor's poor rival Pakhtakor (the cotton pickers)in which Bunyodkor lost 1-0 when most of its Brazilian star power got red cards in the first 10 minutes of play. [...] | 2009-09-17 11:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KCOR UZ |
09TASHKENT1496 | UZBEKISTAN PREPARES FOR DECEMBER PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan slated for December 2009 are likely to result in minimal changes to the overall structure of decision-making in the country; however, what may define the development of governmen [...] | 2009-08-17 06:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM UZ |
09TASHKENT1499 | Uzbekistan: Update on Trial of Journalist Dilmurod Sayid [...] (SBU) Summary: The Regional Samarkand Court on September 11 upheld the 12.5 year sentence of independent journalist and human rights activist Dilmurod Sayid on charges of extortion and bribery. (See reftel.) Sayid's attorney will appeal this decision to the Chairman of the Regional Court, and [...] | 2009-09-18 08:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT150 | UZBEKISTAN INTERESTED IN RESUMING COOPERATION ON COMMODITY [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan has demonstrated interest in resuming cooperation on International Nonproliferation Export Control Program (INECP) activities sponsored by the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program. These activities are intended to improve the abili [...] | 2009-02-09 11:32:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KNNP PBTS PREL PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1501 | Uzbekistan: Hidirova Describes Her Imprisonment [...] (SBU) Post reported earlier this summer on the arrest and release of Jizzakh farmer and human rights activist Oyazimhon Hidirova (aka Khidirova),who spent roughly five weeks in jail after being arrested on charges of hooliganism. (See reftels.) Hidirova and her public defender Ziyodullo [...] | 2009-09-18 08:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1503 | UNGA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UZBEKISTAN WANTS TO COOPERATE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Uzbek government wants to work together with the USG in areas of mutual interest, and is watching carefully for signals about the US perspective on the status of our bilateral relationship. Post delivered reftel points to Durbek Amanov, Director for UN and Internationa [...] | 2009-09-18 09:24:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA XG |
09TASHKENT1505 | Uzbekistan: UNICEF Representative Discusses Child Labor [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 16, Ambassador Norland met with UNICEF Representative in Uzbekistan Mahboob Shareef to discuss child labor in the cotton fields. Shareef discussed a recent high-level meeting with the GOU, and discussed his ideas for short- and long-term solutions to the child [...] | 2009-09-18 12:02:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1507 | Uzbekistan: Suspected Case of Anthrax Puts USG-Funded [...] (SBU) Summary: In the month of August, media in Uzbekistan reported a suspected case of Anthrax in the Toytepi region near Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The man suspected with Anthrax was believed to have been exposed during the slaughtering of his cows. The Biological Threat Reduction Program labora [...] | 2009-09-18 12:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TBIO TSPL CDC UZ |
09TASHKENT151 | UZBEKISTAN GRANTS STCU AN EXTENSION, BUT PROBLEMS PERSIST [...] (C) The Science and Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU) continues to face accreditation problems in Uzbekistan, though the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) has given STCU until the end of 2009 to complete active projects. (Note: The STCU, which works to combat proliferation by diverting the effo [...] | 2009-02-09 11:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP UZ |
09TASHKENT1511 | Uzbekistan: UNICEF Representative Discusses Child Labor [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 16, Ambassador Norland met with UNICEF Representative in Uzbekistan Mahboob Shareef to discuss child labor in the cotton fields. Shareef discussed a recent high-level meeting with the GOU, and discussed his ideas for short- and long-term solutions to the child [...] | 2009-09-22 06:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1513 | Afghan Transboundary Water Training - Include the Neighbors [...] (C) We were intrigued by reftel's proposal to initiate capacity building for Afghan officials to develop their ability to negotiate with neighbors, including Uzbekistan, on future trans-boundary water sharing arrangements. The cable quite rightly points out that this issue is a tough one for [...] | 2009-09-23 07:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EAID SENV ECON PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT1515 | Ambassador's Sept 23 Meeting with Uzbek FM Norov [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, Uzbek Foreign Minister Norov expressed appreciation for the Eid message from the Secretary and said he looked forward to meetings on the margins of the UNGA next week. Commenting on the draft agenda for the Annual Bilateral Consultations (ABC),he [...] | 2009-09-23 12:32:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL ECON UZ |
09TASHKENT1519 | Uzbekistan: Baptist Leader Faces Criminal Charges [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 12:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1523 | Bukharan Jews Cite Religious Tolerance in Uzbekistan [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief joined members of one of Tashkent's Bukharan Jewish Synagogues on September 25 for their celebration of the beginning of the upcoming Yom Kippur holiday and their (delayed because of Ramadan) celebration of Uzbek Independence Day. Unlike other minority religious communities [...] | 2009-09-30 06:23:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KIRF UZ |
09TASHKENT1531 | POLITICAL PARTIES IN UZBEKISTAN: MUCH PAGEANTRY AND SOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of Uzbekistan's four political parties gathered with a number of international observers and "experts" to discuss political parties and elections. Discussion was lively, but the "round table" was quite literally split down the middle, with local politicians on [...] | 2009-10-14 08:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UZ |
09TASHKENT1535 | Managing Uzbek Redlines in Bilateral Consultations [...] (C) Summary: Prior to the arrival in Tashkent of Assistant Secretary Blake, Foreign Minister Norov summoned the Ambassador for a meeting in which he reviewed the agenda for the visit and delivered the GOU's response to the U.S. draft agenda for the Annual Bilateral Consultations (ABC) (REF. B). [...] | 2009-10-15 11:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UZ |
09TASHKENT1543 | Uzbekistan: A/S Blake Meets with Civil Society [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14, A/S Blake met with civil society representative Sukhrobjon Ismoilov in Tashkent. Ismoilov warned of a growing Islamist agenda amongst Uzbek exiles living in Europe - a particularly disturbing thought. He also addressed agricultural reform, advocating for [...] | 2009-10-16 12:52:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1545 | Uzbekistan: A/S Blake Meets with Leaders of Uzbek Parliament [...] (SBU) Summary: During his three-day visit to Tashkent, A/S Blake met with the leaders of both houses of the Uzbek parliament: the Speaker of the Oliy Majlis (the lower house),and the President of the Senate. Both seemed interested in developing greater ties with their counterparts in [...] | 2009-10-16 13:27:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV OREP UZ |
09TASHKENT1547 | BUSINESS AS USUAL AT UZBEK COTTON FAIR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Fifth International Uzbek Cotton Fair took place in Tashkent on October 14-15, 2009. This event showcased Uzbekistan as a leading producer and exporter of quality cotton and highlighted recent efforts by the Government of Uzbekistan to strengthen its internal textile industry [...] | 2009-10-19 10:40:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT1548 | UZBEKISTAN PREPARES FOR DECEMBER PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan slated for December 2009 are likely to result in minimal changes to the overall structure of decision-making in the country; however, what may define the development of governme [...] | 2009-08-25 12:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM UZ |
09TASHKENT1549 | Uzbekistan: UNICEF Brainstorming Session on Child Labor: [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 8, UNICEF hosted a brainstorming session for members of the international community to discuss the issue of child labor in the cotton sector. Although the failure of Uzbekistan to invite the International Labor Organization (ILO) to do an assessment this year wa [...] | 2009-10-22 12:27:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UN UZ |
09TASHKENT1551 | Uzbekistan: Tashkent Tidbits - October 26, 2009 [...] (C) According to both EU Embassy diplomatic contacts in Tashkent and press reporting, the EU looks set to lift its arms embargo on Uzbekistan, the last of the Andijon-related sanctions that remains since Brussels lifted the visa and travel ban in 2008. Although there apparently is not unanimity [...] | 2009-10-27 06:12:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON UZ |
09TASHKENT1555 | A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE: SHOULD THE OSCE MONITOR ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) officials face a difficult decision as they consider whether to send a team to monitor Uzbekistan's parliamentary elections, slated to take place on Decemb [...] | 2009-10-27 14:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KDEM PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1559 | UZBEKISTAN DELIEVERED NONPAPER ON US REPORTABLE FOOD [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Reportable Food Registry to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 28, 2009. Post will report any responses septel. NORLAND [...] | 2009-10-29 12:59:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON UZ |
09TASHKENT156 | UZBEKISTAN: PLIGHT OF AFGHAN REFUGEES WORSENING [...] (C) The newly arrived head of the United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) Refugee Support Unit in Tashkent, Ustina Kupreychik, reported that the situation for Afghan refugees in Uzbekistan has worsened since the fall (ref A). According to Kupreychik, 67 Afghan refugees have been forcibly [...] | 2009-02-10 05:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UNDP UNHCR AF UZ |
09TASHKENT1563 | Uzbekistan: 64th UN General Assembly, Third Committee, 2009 [...] (U) In response to reftel, Post delivered the demarche requesting Uzbekistan's support for postponing the Defamation of Religions resolution in this year's UNGA Third Committee. Post determined that delivering the information on the remaining human rights priorities would be counterprodu [...] | 2009-10-29 12:59:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UZ |
09TASHKENT1567 | UZBEKISTAN'S COTTON SECTOR STILL A BASTION OF THE COMMAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) continues to control the "commanding heights" of the cotton sector, exercising strict control over all aspects of cotton production and sale, from setting planting and harvest quotas to negotiating all ginning and export contracts on behalf of f [...] | 2009-11-03 12:34:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI PHUM UZ |
09TASHKENT1571 | Uzbekistan Amnesties Sanjar Umarov [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Norov told us that Sanjar Umarov will be released today (Nov. 5). Please note action request at para 6 (contingency press guidance). End Summary. 2. (C) Uzbek Foreign Minister Norov convoked the Ambassador today to inform us that jailed businessman and oppos [...] | 2009-11-05 08:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UZ |
09TASHKENT1573 | Uzbekistan: The Ongoing Struggle for Religious Freedom [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 26, poloff met with Chairman of Uzbekistan's Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) to discuss concerns of various religious minority groups in the country. In preparation for the meeting and in the days that followed, poloff met with representatives from the Uz [...] | 2009-11-09 12:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV KIRF UZ |
09TASHKENT1575 | Sanjar Umarov Released on November 7 [...] (C) Opposition leader Sanjar Umarov was released from prison on November 7. The next day, he came to the Embassy for a conversation with Ambassador Norland and Embassy staffers. Still in disbelief over the events of the previous two days, he expressed his gratitude for everyone's effort [...] | 2009-11-09 12:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1577 | UZBEK RAIL: RED HOT WHEELS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Railroad engineer Michael Klaus (protect) told us that Uzbekistan Railroads is having difficulty operating freight trains on its new Karshi-Termez line. Obsolete locomotives with inadequate brakes result in multiple delays and wheels that glow red hot by the time a train has comp [...] | 2009-11-12 04:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID ECIN ELTN PREL AF UZ |
09TASHKENT1578 | UZBEKISTAN: UPDATE ON U.S.-UZBEK S&T AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) OES/STC Officer Michael C. Schena visited Uzbekistan in June to further negotiations on a proposed U.S.-Uzbek Science and Technology (S&T) Cooperation Agreement (reftel). At the time of ESToff's departure, the S&T Agreement was going through the GOU's interagency approval process. 2. [...] | 2009-08-28 12:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TSPL ETTC KTIA KIPR KSTC UZ |
09TASHKENT1579 | Uzbekistan: The Cotton Harvest in Jizzakh [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, 2009, poloff met with human rights activists and a representative of the leading anti-trafficking NGO in Jizzakh, a city of roughly 150,000 people in a largely agricultural region about three hours southwest of Tashkent. Human rights activists spoke about seve [...] | 2009-11-13 12:03:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT158 | TASHKENT TIDBITS FEBRUARY 10, 2008 [...] (SBU) Post has updated its cost of living analysis for Uzbekistan through the end of 2008. At 21.6 percent, the cost of living grew more slowly in 2008 than in 2007, when it increased by 29.2 percent. The cost of foodstuffs increased by only 17.0 percent as contrasted with a 29.1 percent rise [...] | 2009-02-11 04:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KIRF SOCI PHUM KISL KPAO UZ |
09TASHKENT1585 | Uzbekistan: Human Rights Activist Beaten [...] (C) Summary: Human rights activist Bahtiyor Hamroev, a good contact of the Embassy from Jizzakh province, reported he was beaten by law enforcement on Wednesday, November 11, when he tried to meet recently returned opposition figure Bahodir Choriev in a Jizzakh cafC). A second activist, [...] | 2009-11-13 13:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1589 | Uzbekistan: TIP Interim Assessment [...] (U) In response to reftel, post submits the following information for the TIP Interim Assessment on Uzbekistan. A. Substantive Action to End the Use of Forced Labor During the Cotton Harvest --------------------------------------------- ---------------------- -------------- [...] | 2009-11-17 13:45:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG UZ |
09TASHKENT1591 | SCA DAS Krol's Meetings with Uzbek FM Norov and NSC Sec [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol in Tashkent on November 19, Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov and National Security Council Secretary Murat Atayev expressed satisfaction with improving U.S.-Uzbek bilateral relations and the Annual Bilateral [...] | 2009-11-23 12:52:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET | PREL PTER EINV ENRG MASS AF UZ |
09TASHKENT1593 | Uzbekistan: Human Rights Activists and Religious Figures [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 07:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV KCRM UZ |
09TASHKENT1595 | UZBEKISTAN: SCA DAS KROL'S MEETINGS ON ECONOMIC AND ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 19 and 20, DAS for South and Central Asian Affairs George Krol had a series of meetings on economic, trade, and energy issues in Tashkent. Meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment, and Trade and at the Uzbek Chamber of Commerce revolved prima [...] | 2009-11-24 13:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV EPET ENRG PREL BEXP UZ |
09TASHKENT1597 | Uzbekistan: SCA DAS Krol Meets with Civil Society [...] (SBU) Summary: During his visit to Tashkent on November 18-21, DAS for South and Central Asian Affairs George Krol reached out to civil society representatives, GOU officials, and journalists to discuss human rights and other broad issues facing Uzbekistan. (Please see reftels for a rea [...] | 2009-11-25 07:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1599 | Uzbekistan and Human Rights: The Lessons of Sanjar Umarov's [...] (C) Summary: The release from prison on November 7 of jailed businessman and opposition figure Sanjar Umarov was the most important step the GOU has taken on human rights this year. Umarov's release came about as the result of principled engagement and quiet, behind-the-scenes diplomacy. It wa [...] | 2009-11-30 06:24:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT16 | UZBEKISTAN: STATE-RUN PRESS SAYS PUBLIC VIEWS GAZA CONFLICT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-07 05:24:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS UZ |
09TASHKENT1603 | Uzbekistan: TIP Update: Trends and Tactics [...] (SBU) Summary: From early October to mid-November, poloff has had several meetings with government officials, NGO leaders, and representatives from the human rights community to discuss trends in trafficking, as well as anti-trafficking efforts. The GOU continues to prioritize tradition [...] | 2009-12-01 11:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV KTIP UZ |
09TASHKENT1604 | UZBEKISTAN TURNS TO DEBIT CARDS IN INFLATION BATTLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an effort to control inflation by limiting the amount of cash in circulation, the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) has begun to mandate the use of debit cards. However, Uzbekistan remains a cash economy and although the debit cards can be used for payment in a limited number of [...] | 2009-09-14 05:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT1609 | Uzbekistan: Human Rights Update [...] (SBU) Summary: Post continues to follow the cases of imprisoned journalist Dilmurod Sayyid (aka Saidov) and poet Yusuf Juma, two Uzbek citizens convicted of charges widely believed to be politically motivated. Family members of both Sayyid and Juma report the two men to be in bad health [...] | 2009-12-04 07:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1611 | Karimov speech spells out priorities for 2010 [...] (U) President Islom Karimov invited the Diplomatic Corps and an array of local dignitaries to the annual commemoration of Uzbekistan's Constitution Day December 5th at the impressive new white marble "Palace of Forums" on Amir Timur Square. These speeches are generally a review of the last ca [...] | 2009-12-07 10:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID UZ |
09TASHKENT162 | Uzbekistan Scenesetter for General Petraeus [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Uzbekistan is the first by a senior U.S. official since the new Administration took office and comes at a pivotal moment in regional politics. In Tashkent, as elsewhere in the region, there is concern about the course of events in Afghanistan and doubts as to whether [...] | 2009-02-11 12:38:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1621 | Uzbekistan: Suspending GSP Counterproductive [...] (C) Post understands that the inter-agency is preparing to discuss the issue of suspension of Uzbekistan's GSP benefits based on petitions related to child labor and intellectual property rights. A decision to suspend or revoke GSP for Uzbekistan would be counterproductive - it would do little [...] | 2009-12-09 11:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ELAB PHUM ECON SOCI KIPR UZ |
09TASHKENT1627 | Uzbekistan: GOU Takes Small Steps on Child Labor [...] (SBU) Summary: Uzbekistan recently announced two initiatives to address child labor in the country: the first is a legislative change that reportedly will hold individuals responsible for using children to work under hazardous conditions; the second is the dedication of 2010 to youth de [...] | 2009-12-15 12:34:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT163 | UZBEKISTAN: CUSTOMS OFFICIALS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT FLETC [...] (SBU) On February 4, Emboffs met with five representatives of the State Customs Committee to discuss the development of cooperation between Customs and the U.S. Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). EXBS Advisor proposed that two Customs officers travel to the center for a one-week [...] | 2009-02-11 13:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL ASEC SNAR KNNP UZ |
09TASHKENT1631 | Uzbekistan: The Saga of Bahodir Choriev [...] (U) Summary: Uzbekistan officials forcibly returned Bahadir Choriev, leader of the Birdamlik opposition party, to the United States on the morning of December 11. Choriev's presence had prompted much attention from law enforcement officials, and rights activists are in many ways relie [...] | 2009-12-16 12:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1633 | Uzbeks Looking for Assistance on Security for Afghan Rail [...] (C) Former Ambassador Joe Presel, in Tashkent on private business, gave Charge a readout of a meeting with the Chairman of the Uzbek National Security Service, Rustam Innoyatov. Confirming reports from other sources (Ref A),Innoyatov said the GOU is very concerned about the security of i [...] | 2009-12-17 11:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PTER PREL AF UZ |
09TASHKENT1637 | UZBEKISTAN: TASHKENT TIDBITS DECEMBER 18, 2009 [...] (SBU) Dilmurod Sayyid, who was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison last June, was transferred December 15 from Navoi Prison to Sangorod, the Tashkent-based prison hospital. Embassy contact Abdurahmon Tashanov, who attended Sayyid's trial, told the Embassy that he was turned away from v [...] | 2009-12-18 12:30:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI EINV ETRD UZ |
09TASHKENT1639 | UZBEKISTAN: GOU PROPOSAL ON TERMEZ [...] (C) Summary. An apparent Uzbek offer of troop transit to Afghanistan via Termez warrants close attention. It is not inconsistent with the gradual improvement in relations across the board, including on human rights, outlined in last week's political consultations with Foreign Minister Norov [...] | 2009-12-23 12:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR UZ |
09TASHKENT1641 | UZBEKISTAN: FM NOROV "CLARIFIES" TERMEZ OFFER [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador Norland on another issue on December 24, FM Norov provided us with further information regarding the apparent Uzbek offer of troop transit to Afghanistan via Termez (reftel). The diplomatic note passed to the State Department on Dec. 21 described a trilateral U [...] | 2009-12-24 10:02:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR UZ |
09TASHKENT1651 | PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN UZBEKISTAN: NOTHING WRONG BUT THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Elections for Uzbekistan's lower house of Parliament took place on Sunday, December 27. Five election observation teams from the Embassy visited 33 polling stations in Tashkent and the neighboring regions, and concluded that although the elections were not free and fair (no opp [...] | 2009-12-30 11:55:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UZ |
09TASHKENT177 | UZBEKISTAN: REPORTS OF CRACKDOWN ON "NUR" RELIGIOUS GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Uzbek authorities appear to be significantly ratcheting up the pressure on suspected members of the banned Nur (or "Nurcilar") religious organization, which is associated with the conservative (but not extremist) religious teachings and Pan-Turkish ideology of Turkish scholar Feth [...] | 2009-02-13 09:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PINR PREL SOCI TU UZ |
09TASHKENT1816 | UZBEKISTAN TO AMEND IPR LAWS IN RESPONSE TO IIPA PETITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 5 we met with GOU officials to discuss intellectual property rights (IPR) points raised in the interim General System of Preferences (GSP) demarche (Ref A). Significantly, we learned that Uzbekistan is preparing to remove its reservations to Article 18 of the Berne [...] | 2009-10-16 05:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR UZ |
09TASHKENT182 | UZBEKISTAN: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON MINISTRY OF INTERNAL [...] (SBU) In January 2009, Lieutenant-Colonel Abdulkhamid Habirovich Hakimov was appointed as Chief of the Information Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan. 2. (SBU) Abdulkhamid Habirovich Hakimov, an ethnic Uzbek, was born in 1967. In 1993, after graduation [...] | 2009-02-13 12:24:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR UZ |
09TASHKENT183 | UZBEKISTAN: ENGAGING STATES ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) Post advises against an additional demarche to the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) urging it to recognize Kosovo at this time. Despite multiple demarches over the past year, the GOU has refused to recognize Kosovo and we do not believe it is likely to do so in the near future. The Ministry [...] | 2009-02-13 12:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KV ICJ UZ |
09TASHKENT1850 | Uzbekistan: Media Reaction to Assistant Secretary Blake's [...] (U) Summary: Media coverage of A/S Blake's visit to Uzbekistan was primarily factual and positive. Numerous articles noted U.S. appreciation for Uzbekistan's support of international efforts in Afghanistan. The existence of other shared interests was also noted by both state and unofficial medi [...] | 2009-10-23 03:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO UZ |
09TASHKENT1904 | UZBEKISTAN IN OR OUT OF THE CENTRAL ASIAN ENERGY GRID? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent weeks GOU officials have sent frightening signals to Uzbekistan's neighbors by saying that the country cannot guarantee reliable transit of power, wants payments for power overflows, and may even withdraw from the United Central Asia Power System (CAPS). Now nearly en [...] | 2009-10-28 12:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG KPWR UZ |
09TASHKENT1926 | Uzbekistan: GOU Demonstrates its Commitment to Education [...] (U) SUMMARY. With over 60% of its population under the age of 25, Uzbekistan has made a significant commitment in the last few years to improve its education system and to transition from a Soviet-era model to one that is consistent with internationally accepted requirements. The Government of [...] | 2009-10-30 06:52:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI OEXC ECON UZ |
09TASHKENT193 | UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVISTS SEEK TO BRIDGE GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador recently met with activists from the independent Rapid Reaction human rights group (RRG),who described their plans for the upcoming year, including applying for official registration and setting up a "think-tank" with like-minded activists and defense attorneys to [...] | 2009-02-19 10:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID ECON KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT194 | UZBEKISTAN: AFGHAN REFUGEES DESCRIBE HARRASSMENT; [...] (C) Summary: On February 12, poloff met with 25 Afghan refugees at the office of a Tashkent-based NGO which provides humanitarian assistance to refugees. The Afghans alleged widespread harassment by government officials, and some refugees experienced forced deportation back to Afghanistan. T [...] | 2009-02-19 10:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UNDP UNHCR AF UZ |
09TASHKENT1948 | THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN UZBEKISTAN: IS SECULARISM STRONGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Gender issues in Uzbekistan continue to be a complicated matter. De jure, women in this secular, former Soviet society enjoy protections from discrimination, with relatively modern legislation and government policies pushing society towards greater gender equality. De fa [...] | 2009-11-02 11:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KWMN KISL UZ |
09TASHKENT1956 | UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Director Bakhtiyar Ibragimov. Post will report any substantive response septel. NORLAND [...] | 2009-11-03 11:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER UZ |
09TASHKENT1958 | UZBEKISTAN: DRAFT 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Uzbekistan is a geographically strategic crossroads between South Asia and Europe. It is primarily a transit country for opiates originating in Afghanistan, with an estimated 95 tons of Afghan opiates passing through Central Asia each year. Well-established trade routes fac [...] | 2009-11-03 14:23:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT196 | Uzbekistan: Submission for Ninth Annual Trafficking in [...] (SBU) Post's submission for the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report begins in paragraph 4. Per reftel, this information covers the period from March 2008 to February 2009. The information provided in the report has been gathered from numerous sources, including the Government of U [...] | 2009-02-19 12:21:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KTIP PHUM KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KWMN ZK |
09TASHKENT1960 | UZBEKISTAN: SMEs - ARE THEY ALL THEY'RE CRACKED UP TO BE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Small businesses play an important role in the economy of Uzbekistan, a country with the largest labor resources in Central Asia, but the degree to which small to medium enterprises (SMEs) drive the Uzbek economy is not clear. GOU officials repeatedly trumpet the growing role o [...] | 2009-11-04 06:51:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINT UZ |
09TASHKENT1964 | Uzbekistan: Leahy Vetting Request for Marshal Center Program [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (SBU) Post has been provided with names of 2 GOU officials nominated to participate in the Faculty Exchange Program at the Marshal Center during November 12 - December 2,2009 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The nom [...] | 2009-11-04 12:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SNAR ASEC PINR UZ |
09TASHKENT1966 | UZBEKISTAN: STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING THE USE OF CHILD LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This USAID-drafted cable examines strategies for addressing the problem of child labor in the cotton sector in Uzbekistan. (Please see Ref A for an analysis of the cotton sector overall and a specific look at this year's harvest.) Uzbekistan's cotton economy remains state-driven [...] | 2009-11-05 10:32:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM SOCI SENV UZ |
09TASHKENT197 | Uzbekistan Still Seems on Track with Money Laundering [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan is currently in the midst of a process to enact legislative changes that would bring its anti-money laundering and countering the finance of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime into compliance with international standards. The Uzbeks are likely on track to f [...] | 2009-02-19 12:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON KCRM PINR UZ |
09TASHKENT2 | UZBEKISTAN: STAFFDEL DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM WITH MVD [...] (C) Summary: On December 15, House Foreign Affairs Committee staffers and Emboffs discussed counterterrorism with several officials from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). The MVD officials held that Uzbekistan is stable and a system of information-sharing with other ministries an [...] | 2009-01-05 11:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SOCI PGOV PREL PINS UZ |
09TASHKENT2006 | UZBEKISTAN: STCU RELUCTANTLY PROPOSES TO SUSPEND OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 3 e-mail, STCU Executive Director Andrew Hood informed us that the STCU Board of Governors meeting on November 19 in Kyiv is likely to decide to close the STCU Information Center in Tashkent. He said that no 2010 budget would be allocated for Uzbekistan and that S [...] | 2009-11-10 12:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TSPL UZ |
09TASHKENT2008 | UZBEKISTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL SUMMIT -- INITIAL [...] (SBU) Embassy Tashkent staff met on November 4 to discuss steps needed to implement reftel actions. USAID Country Director will chair Post's interagency working group on expanding economic opportunity and will coordinate activities associated with the Embassy-sponsored roundtable on entrepren [...] | 2009-11-10 12:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT2018 | Leahy Vetting for River Port Termez Unit, UNODC J-49 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (U) GOU officials nominated the River Port Termez Unit under the Surhandarya Customs and Border Committee for UNODC training course J-49 Targeting and Risk Management, to take place November 16-20. The training wi [...] | 2009-11-11 02:23:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SNAR ASEC UZ |
09TASHKENT206 | SUSPECTED AMCIT MISSIONARIES TOLD TO LEAVE UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Authorities have told three AmCits associated with the New Hope faith-based humanitarian assistance NGO, which provides medical assistance to disabled persons in Tashkent, that they must depart Uzbekistan by February 25. Emboffs met with the AmCits, who plan to depart Uzbekistan [...] | 2009-02-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAID KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT208 | UZBEK WORKSHOP FOR IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540 -- A REGIONAL [...] (U) Summary: On February 10-11 a workshop on implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 was jointly sponsored in Tashkent by the Export and Related Border Security (EXBS) program and the Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This cable addresses broader region [...] | 2009-02-24 08:27:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KNNP AORC OSCE UNSC UZ |
09TASHKENT209 | UZBEKISTAN: EYE ON 21ST CENTURY FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Khakim Mukhitdinov, First Deputy General Director of the Information and Communication Agency of Uzbekistan, described for us the state of telecommunications in Uzbekistan, current projects, and future plans. According to him Uzbekistan is well connected to the world through fo [...] | 2009-02-24 08:33:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT SOCI KPRV UZ |
09TASHKENT2098 | UZBEKISTAN: AUTOMOTIVE POWERHOUSE OF CENTRAL ASIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. 2009 has proved to be one of the most difficult in the history of the U.S. auto industry, but in Uzbekistan business is booming as consumers rush to buy new vehicles and traffic has become noticeably heavier. GM-Uzbekistan announced a $124.5 million USD project to produce the n [...] | 2009-11-30 11:40:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EINV ELTN BEXP UZ |
09TASHKENT2102 | EXBS: POST RESPONSE TO FY 2010 EXBS PROGRAM PLAN FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-01 07:02:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM KSTC KNNP UZ |
09TASHKENT2110 | Uzbekistan: Media Reaction to DAS Krol's Visit to Tashkent [...] (U) Summary: Local media reports on DAS Krol's visit to Uzbekistan were found only online. Of these, only two were by state media outlets. State media reported on the visit in the context of the adoption of the Annual Bilateral Consultations (ABCs). Such reports were neutral in tone. Independen [...] | 2009-12-01 10:37:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO UZ |
09TASHKENT2168 | UZBEKISTAN: WEATHER, CLIMATE, AND HYDROLOGY WORKSHOP GIVES [...] (SBU). SUMMARY: On November 10-12 the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) hosted a Regional Workshop on Improving Weather, Climate, and Hydrological Service Delivery and Reducing Vulnerability to Disasters. The workshop's purpose was to discuss weather, climate, and hydrological service delivery [...] | 2009-12-04 13:01:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL SENV TSPL UZ |
09TASHKENT217 | UZBEKISTAN: JOURNALIST REPORTEDLY ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF [...] (U) In an announcement on its website, the Ezgulik human rights group reported that independent journalist and human rights defender Dilurod Sayyidov was arrested in Tashkent on February 22 and handed over to authorities from Samarkand province on February 23. After his arrest, Sayyidov repo [...] | 2009-02-25 10:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KPAO PGOV PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT2194 | UZBEKISTAN 2009 INCSR REPORT - PART II: FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] Uzbekistan is not an important regional financial center and does not have a well-developed financial system. Corruption, narcotics trafficking and smuggling generate the majority of illicit proceeds. Local and regional drug-trafficking and other organized crime organizations control narcotics [...] | 2009-12-11 08:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR UZ |
09TASHKENT22 | UZBEKISTAN: TIP PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN CONTINUES; [...] (U) Summary: In the past few months, the government has continued a wide-ranging public awareness campaign on trafficking-in-persons (TIP) in the government-controlled mass media (ref A and B). Conducting a relatively non-extensive survey, poloff uncovered more than 70 separate TIP-related st [...] | 2009-01-07 12:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ECON ELAB KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI KZ RS UZ |
09TASHKENT220 | UZBEKISTAN: 2008 INL END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 05:32:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL ASEC AFIN EAID UZ |
09TASHKENT221 | UZBEKISTAN: ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMS THAT WORK [...] (SBU) Summary: English language programming is a bright spot in Embassy Tashkents public diplomacy programming. With tight GOU control over most PD functions, English language programs provide an opportunity to establish and nurture relationships with students, educators, and university admi [...] | 2009-02-26 12:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO UZ |
09TASHKENT222 | UZBEKISTAN: TRIAL OF ALLEGED RELIGIOUS EXTREMIST EXTRADITED [...] (C) Summary: The trial of Haitjon Juraboev, a religious extremist suspect who was extradited by Kyrgyz authorities to Uzbekistan in September 2008, is nearing completion in Tashkent, according to an independent activist monitoring the trial. Juraboev has reportedly pled innocent to all the cha [...] | 2009-02-26 13:01:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PREF PREL SOCI UNHCR KG |
09TASHKENT223 | UZBEKISTAN: IV ALUMNUS AND DISABLED RIGHTS ACTIVIST ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary: On January 21 an independent news website reported that Chairman of the Uzbek Society of the Disabled (and International Visitor Leadership Program [IVLP] alumnus) Oybek Isoqov had been arrested on charges of bribery. When CAO met with him on February 13, Isoqov denied all wrong [...] | 2009-02-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT2242 | UZBEKISTAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) In Uzbekistan, widespread poverty and pockets of discontent with the social and political situation create conditions that religious extremists could exploit. Despite potential threats, the government of Uzbekistan (GOU) maintained tight control over the security situation within Uzbek [...] | 2009-12-22 12:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR UZ |
09TASHKENT226 | Uzbekistan: State-run Shelter for TIP Victims Nears [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Justice told poloff in separate meetings on February 11 that, pursuant to President Karimov's decree in November and the country's new anti-TIP law, the first state-run shelter for TIP victims is nearing completion and will off [...] | 2009-02-27 11:14:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KTIP PHUM PREL KWMN SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT227 | UZBEKISTAN: MEDIA REACTION TO GENERAL PETRAEUS'S VISIT [...] (U) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus's February 16-17 visit to Tashkent received broad media coverage in the local, state-run press, the international media and wire services, and on GOU-controlled and independent news websites. There was much speculation that his trip was link [...] | 2009-02-27 12:34:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO UZ |
09TASHKENT228 | Passage of Request For Uzbek Support to Judge Painter [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 12:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA UZ |
09TASHKENT229 | TASHKENT SECURITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 12:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC UZ PTER |
09TASHKENT2292 | Uzbekistan: Media Reports on Parliamentary Elections [...] (U) Summary: In the run up to the elections, minor differences among parties were covered by both state and independent media to an extent never seen before. Coverage of the election results dominated media reports following the elections. State media highlighted high turnout among voters, whi [...] | 2009-12-30 13:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO UZ |
09TASHKENT23 | Uzbeks Skeptical on Afghanistan but Back Their Man in the [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador, Uzbek Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia Anvar Salikhbaev commented on the situation in Afghanistan, including the future of Gen. Dostum. The Uzbeks acknowledge his flaws but still support Dostum. They continue to fault Karzai for Afghanistan's problems [...] | 2009-01-07 14:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AF UZ |
09TASHKENT231 | Tashkent Tidbits - March 2, 2009 [...] (SBU) A successful ongoing INL-sponsored forensic laboratory improvement program implemented by DOJ-ICITAP suffered a mild setback when the Government of Uzbekistan delivered a diplomatic note on February 17 denying a proposal to send an Uzbek forensic scientist to the Harris County Medical Exa [...] | 2009-03-02 06:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN ICRC KCOR ECON KCRM UZ |
09TASHKENT235 | UZBEKISTAN: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW RECOMMENDATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uzbekistan made little noticeable progress in development and enforcement of IPR legislation in 2008. It is difficult for a consumer to find music, video, and software products that can with confidence be identified as licensed; pirated versions are still the norm. We are enc [...] | 2009-03-02 08:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR UZ |
09TASHKENT242 | Uzbekistan: Yusuf Jumaev Allegedly Mistreated in Jaslyk [...] (C) On February 27 poloff met with Feruza Yusufjon Kizi, the daughter of dissident poet Yusuf Jumaev, who is serving a five-year sentence at the Jaslyk prison in the remote northwest province of Karakalpakstan (ref B). Yusufjon Kizi was accompanied on the unscheduled visit to the Embassy by Ba [...] | 2009-03-03 08:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT244 | UZBEKISTAN, OSCE, AND WATER: CONVERSATION WITH OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with the Ambassador, OSCE Conflict Center Director Herbert Salber said he saw a slight opening in Uzbekistan's willingness to accept third party assistance to solve increasing water tensions in Central Asia. Uzbek officials do not exhibit the same confidence when dis [...] | 2009-03-03 10:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON SENV PREL PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT246 | Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan Rediscover Friendship of Peoples [...] (C) Summary: The Uzbeks pulled out all the stops for the February 24-25 visit of Turkmen President Berdymuhamedov to Tashkent, evidence that these two countries are rapidly developing a "special relationship." In addition to cultural and historical ties, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have common [...] | 2009-03-03 13:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET TX UZ |
09TASHKENT248 | How the Kagan Munitions Explosions Saved a Neighborhood and [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met informally in Tashkent with two English language professors from Bukhara State University on several social occasions between February 27 - March 1. Both are talented and highly motivated teachers who have a good pulse on community life from their vantage point in Bukh [...] | 2009-03-04 07:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON KCOR PINR UZ |
09TASHKENT249 | Activist: Andijon Province Has Become a Mini-Turkmenistan [...] (C) On March 3 well-known human rights activist and long-time Embassy contact Saidjahon Zaynabiddinov visited the Embassy and talked to poloff about current conditions in Andijon Province. He previously reported that, unusually, the province was being administered almost entirely by outsiders [...] | 2009-03-04 12:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT250 | HOKIM OF JIZZAKH PROVINCE QUIETLY REPLACED [...] (SBU) On February 18, Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyaev went to Jizzakh and, according to a presidential decree, released Musa Anarbaev of his duties as Hokim of Jizzakh Province. Mirziyaev appointed Makhmud Parsamatovich Holbutayev to take his place. Before this assignment Holbutayev used to [...] | 2009-03-04 12:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR UZ |
09TASHKENT252 | EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 (UZBEKISTAN) [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post is submitting two proposals for Embassy Science Fellows (reftel) in 2009-2010: one proposal for a specialist to study water management issues in Central Asia and the second for an NSF Fellow to assess science and technology capabilities in Uzbekistan in light of current neg [...] | 2009-03-06 06:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT |
09TASHKENT255 | A MICHIGAN BOOST TO FOOD SAFETY IN UZBEKISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. On February 12-26 the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Cochran Program sponsored a food safety training tour in the U.S. for Uzbek, Tajik, and Armenian specialists. The program took place primarily at Michigan State University and included both workshops and site visits. Part [...] | 2009-03-06 11:54:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAGR ECON SENV UZ |
09TASHKENT257 | Former Acting Governor of Samarkand Province Sentenced To 15 [...] (SBU) In April 2008 the state-controlled press reported that the Acting Hokim (Governor) of Samarkand Province, Azamkhon Bakhromov, was relieved of his duties and there were reports at that time that he was subsequently placed under house arrest (reftel). On March 3, sources told our Political [...] | 2009-03-06 13:01:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PTER PINR ZJ UZ |
09TASHKENT268 | Discussion With Uzbek FM on Afghanistan Transit: Defining [...] (U) This message contains a request for guidance at paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Talks with the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) on the exchange of letters for the transit of non-lethal cargo to Afghanistan have come very close to success, but we are not there yet. Politically, the GOU is [...] | 2009-03-11 13:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR UZ |
09TASHKENT270 | Uzbekistan: Global Initiative Demarche Delivered [...] (SBU) This is an action request (see para 3) and response to State 18574. 2. (C) On March 11, Poloff, the Russian Embassy's Senior Counselor Alexey Mochulsky, and the Korean Embassy's Third Secretary Kwon O Yul jointly delivered reftel demarche to Uzbek First Secretary Oybek Abdiev of the M [...] | 2009-03-12 11:01:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM KGIC PTER PGOV PREL KS RS UZ |
09TASHKENT271 | Uzbekistan: Institute for New Democracies Director Denied [...] (C) Summary: On March 5 the recently arrived AmCit Country Director of the U.S. Government-funded NGO Institute for New Democracies (IND) was denied accreditation by the Uzbek Government. This is a surprising and disappointing event which, as usual, has not yet been explained (Ambassador is wr [...] | 2009-03-12 11:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID PINR UZ |
09TASHKENT277 | UZBEKISTAN: "NUR" RELIGIOUS GROUP CRACKDOWN CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Authorities are continuing a widespread crackdown on suspected members of "Nur," a banned conservative (but not extremist) religious organization associated with Turkish scholar Fethullah Gullen (ref A). According to reports from independent and state-controlled media, at least 1 [...] | 2009-03-13 12:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PINR PREL SOCI TU UZ |
09TASHKENT279 | UZBEKISTAN: UPDATE ON THREE CASES INVOLVING JOURNALISTS [...] (U) Summary: This cable provides updates on the cases of three journalists who have recently been imprisoned or charged with various crimes: Salidjahon Abdurakhmanov, a journalist from Uzbekistan's Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic who was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment on politically-mo [...] | 2009-03-13 12:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KPAO OSCE PGOV PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT281 | MFA Drubbing Over Tadjibayeva Award [...] (C) Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov convoked the Ambassador on March 13 to convey GOU displeasure over the March 11 International Women of Courage Award for Mutabar Tadjibayeva. Delivering in an icy tone a message that likely came on instruction from President Karimov, Norov said that giv [...] | 2009-03-13 12:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UZ |
09TASHKENT285 | UZBEKISTAN: THE IMPOSSIBLE IPR DREAM? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 10 Ibragim Amanbaev, Acting Director of the Uzbek Copyright Agency, brought us up to date on the current status of IPR legislation and enforcement in Uzbekistan. The picture he painted was one of an underfunded, understaffed agency in which a total of four IPR inspec [...] | 2009-03-16 06:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR UZ |
09TASHKENT289 | UZBEKISTAN: UN CONVENTION ON DISABLED PERSONS ADOPTED; [...] (U) On March 2, the state-controlled UzReport.com website reported that new Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the United Nations in New York Murad Askarov signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol on February 27. The article noted tha [...] | 2009-03-16 08:22:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KPAO PGOV PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT29 | UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR MARSHALL CENTER [...] (U) This is an action request please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for two Government of Uzbekistan officials scheduled to attend the Program on Terrorism and Security Studies (PTSS) 09-3 at the Marshall Center in Garmis [...] | 2009-01-08 12:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR UZ |
09TASHKENT291 | UZBEKISTAN: INL SPONSORS FORENSIC DELEGATION VISIT TO USA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),with the support of the Department of Justice Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP),arranged as a part of a successful ongoing project the participation of Uzbek forensic experts in th [...] | 2009-03-16 08:33:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC PHUM PREL KCOR KCRM UZ |
09TASHKENT3 | UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVIST REPORTS ON KILLING OF AKROMIYIST; [...] (C) Summary: An Andijon-based human rights activist recently reported the killing by law enforcement officials of a young member of "Akromiya," a religious-business organization whose members were at the center of the 2005 Andijon events. The activist specifically requested that the United [...] | 2009-01-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER SOCI KG |
09TASHKENT323 | At Times Angry Karimov Says Afghan Transit Can Continue, [...] (S) Summary. President Karimov told the Ambassador March 18 that his earlier understanding with General Petraeus regarding commercial transit of non-lethal cargo through Uzbekistan to Afghanistan remains in place, despite Karimov's evident embarrassment at the public recognition accorded hum [...] | 2009-03-18 14:38:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET | PREL MARR PGOV PHUM PINR UZ |
09TASHKENT327 | UZBEKISTAN: EDUCATION MINISTRY ON ANTI-CHILD LABOR EFFORTS; [...] (U) Summary: During a meeting on February 23, Ministry of Public Education officials discussed their efforts to combat child labor during the cotton harvest season. They reported that Uzbekistan's transition from 9-year to 12-year mandatory free secondary education, a major reform, would be f [...] | 2009-03-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON ELAB KCRM PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT331 | UZBEKISTAN'S SYSTEM OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION AT A [...] (SBU) Summary: A contact recently provided a copy of a government document entitled "Index of the Ministry of Public Education for the 2007-2008 Academic Year," which provides a useful snapshot of the country's primary and secondary education system. The document shows that few students study [...] | 2009-03-19 13:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ECON ELAB KPAO OEXC PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT343 | IOM Predicts Slim Pickings for Uzbek Migrants and Increase [...] (SBU) Summary: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Country Director Mahmoud Naderi told poloff on February 10 that he expects the going to get tougher for Uzbek labor migrants and that he foresees an increase in TIP cases as desperate would-be workers seek [...] | 2009-03-23 11:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIP ELAB PHUM ECON KCRM PINR KCOR RS KZ UZ |
09TASHKENT345 | Uzbekistan: Timing is Not Conducive for Demarche on [...] (C) Post determined that it would be counterproductive to deliver ref A demarche to the Government of Uzbekistan encouraging it to resist signs of de facto recognition for Abkhazia or South Ossetia. Uzbekistan has to date consistently resisted strong Russian pressure to recognize both breakawa [...] | 2009-03-23 11:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG UZ |
09TASHKENT361 | UZBEKISTAN: RECENT ALLEGATIONS OF PRISONER ABUSE AND DEATHS [...] (C) Summary: In the past few months, independent human rights activists and websites have reported on several serious human rights issues at Uzbek prisons, including deaths in custody. Activists also provided updates on the condition of political prisoners Alisher Karamatov and Sanjar Umarov. [...] | 2009-03-26 08:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ICRC KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT363 | UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR EXBS-SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for eleven Government of Uzbekistan officials scheduled to participate in Export Control and Related Border Security Program-sponsored International Bo [...] | 2009-03-26 08:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR UZ |
09TASHKENT375 | Uzbekistan: Spring Road Woes Further Isolate Ferghana [...] (U) Summary: Poloff made an overland trip to the Ferghana Valley on March 20-22 and encountered poor road conditions on the only link between Tashkent Province and the three populous provinces on the other side of a high mountain range. The poor conditions may be a temporary result of heavy w [...] | 2009-03-26 12:37:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI MARR PINR UZ |
09TASHKENT395 | UZBEKISTAN INDICATES AREAS WHERE HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS IS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a report of Uzbekistan's recent Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC),Uzbek officials agreed to several substantive recommendations from other member states on how to improve its human rights record. Uzbek officials also anno [...] | 2009-03-30 04:23:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB KIRF KPAO KTIP PGOV PREF PREL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT399 | Uzbekistan to Participate in April Global Initiative Events [...] (C) On March 26, First Secretary Oybek Abdiev of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs United Nations and International Organizations Department informed Poloff that he will represent the Government of Uzbekistan at the April 14-15 Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism workshop and A [...] | 2009-03-30 05:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KGIC PGOV PREL PINR PINS PTER UZ |
09TASHKENT4 | UZBEKISTAN: DELIVERY OF TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE REGARDING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-05 12:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KNNP PARM IR UZ |
09TASHKENT41 | UZBEKISTAN: 11TH HOUR AGREEMENT ON GAS TO KYRGYZSTAN AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 31 Uzbekistan concluded agreements with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to supply natural gas at a price of $240 USD per thousand cubic meters in 2009. A feared New Years cutoff of Uzbek natural gas to its neighbors appears to have been averted. END SUMMARY 2. (SBU) [...] | 2009-01-09 09:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ENRG EPET KPWR UZ |
09TASHKENT415 | UZBEKISTAN: UNIVERSITIES NOT MEETING DEMAND FOR HIGHER [...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent Embassy-sponsored Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP) alumni reunion, one alumnus, a lecturer at a private university, revealed that the growth of the higher education system in Uzbekistan is not keeping pace with demand. Uzbekistan also lags behind its Centra [...] | 2009-03-31 10:30:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC ECON KPAO PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT423 | Uzbekistan: MFA Discusses Regional Security, Economic Issues [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan's Acting Americas Department Chief at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared his views of a wide range of regional security and economic issues in a recent meeting with us. His remarks tracked closely with comments we have recently heard from GOU officials--Uzbekistan re [...] | 2009-04-01 09:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ENRG PTER PINS ECON SENV KTIA UZ |
09TASHKENT425 | UZBEKISTAN: JFDP ALUMNA OPENS DOORS TO EMBASSY IN URGENCH [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10 and 11 Public Affairs Section (PAS) staff successfully held English language training workshops in Urgench and discussed several upcoming projects with the rector of Urgench State University (UrSU). The rector was surprisingly candid and open to future collaboratio [...] | 2009-04-01 09:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON KPAO OEXC PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT437 | Uzbekistan: Counternarcotics Meetings for CENTCOM and DEA [...] (C) Summary: Experts in counternarcotics, engineering, and contracting from the U.S. Army's Central Command (CENTCOM) as well as the visiting Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Ankara-based Country Attache participated in meetings with a wide range of law enforcement and military representa [...] | 2009-04-03 08:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC SNAR KCRM MASS EAID PINR TI AF UZ |
09TASHKENT441 | Uzbekistan: World Bank Official Discusses Economic [...] (C) Summary: In a March 24 meeting with us, a World Bank economist discussed Uzbekistan's economy and the effects of the global financial crisis on it. Despite the limited exposure of Uzbekistan's financial sector to global markets, the slow-down in construction abroad (particularly in Russia) [...] | 2009-04-03 10:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB EFIN ENRG EPET EINV PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT443 | Uzbekistan: Report on Fiscal Transparency [...] (SBU) The following is Post's response to reftel. A. Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. foreign assistance funded using FY 09 funds? Yes. Multiple programs funded by U.S. agencies including USAID and State provide technical assistance, but not dir [...] | 2009-04-03 11:00:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT449 | UZBEKISTAN: SECURITY SERVICES SEEKING TO ENTRAP HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: The National Security Service (NSS) appears to be attempting to entrap the Embassy's Human Rights Officer by arranging meetings for him outside the Embassy on sensitive topics that could then be taped. On at least three separate occasions over the past month, we have strong re [...] | 2009-04-06 06:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PREL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT451 | UZBEKISTAN: THE WAY FORWARD ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: While human rights abuses remain all too common in Uzbekistan, the government has taken some positive steps in certain areas over the past year. Uzbekistan is not posed to become a democracy anytime soon, but we continue to believe that the most effective strategy for curbing abus [...] | 2009-04-06 12:40:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID ELAB ICRC KDEM KIRF KISL KTIP PGOV PREL |
09TASHKENT453 | UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVISTS REPORTING UNRELIABLE CHILD LABOR DATA [...] (C) Summary: On March 30, the independent Ezgulik human rights group released its report on child labor practices during the 2008 fall cotton harvest at a roundtable hosted by the British Embassy. While Ezgulik announced that nearly a million Uzbek children participated in the cotton harvest, [...] | 2009-04-06 12:55:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON ELAB KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT46 | UZBEKISTAN: 11TH HOUR AGREEMENT ON GAS TO KYRGYZSTAN AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 31 Uzbekistan concluded agreements with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to supply natural gas at a price of $240 USD per thousand cubic meters in 2009. A feared New Years cutoff of Uzbek natural gas to its neighbors appears to have been averted. END SUMMARY 2. (SBU) [...] | 2009-01-09 13:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ENRG EPET KPWR UZ |
09TASHKENT463 | UZBEK ASYLUM-SEEKER EXTRADITED FROM KYRGYZSTAN RECEIVES [...] (C) On March 30, independent human rights activist Ismoil Adilov provided poloff with court documents regarding the case of Haitjon Juraboev, a religious extremist suspect who was extradited by Kyrgyz authorities to Uzbekistan in September 2008 (reftel). According to the documents, on February [...] | 2009-04-07 06:59:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL PGOV PREF PREL SOCI UNHCR KG UZ |
09TASHKENT467 | Uzbekistan Parliament Passes Law Reestablishing an [...] (C) Summary: A Department of Justice (DOJ) expert traveled to Tashkent March 30 - April 2 to provide technical assistance to Uzbekistan regarding its draft anti-money laundering and countering the finance of terrorism (AML/CTF) legislation. Surprisingly, the Uzbek Senate passed the legislatio [...] | 2009-04-07 09:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN KCRM ECON ECIN PINR UZ |
09TASHKENT469 | Uzbekistan: DTRA and Uzbek Officials Review Biological [...] (C) Summary: A Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) delegation met with officials from the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) in mid-March to discuss cooperation under the framework of the Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP). The GOU showed up in force and at a high level--with many Deput [...] | 2009-04-07 11:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO TSPL PTER PINS PGOV PBTS PREL ASEC SENV UZ |
09TASHKENT481 | GENERAL TERRORISM THREAT ASSESSMENT IN UZBEKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 04:34:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC UZ |
09TASHKENT483 | UZBEKISTAN: UNICEF SIGNS NEW AGREEMENT ON CHILD LABOR WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 6, the Ambassador met with a visiting UNICEF representative from Geneva, who reported that UNICEF would sign a new Annual Work Plan with the government that fleshes out several key points from the September 2008 National Action Plan (NAP) on the elimination of child lab [...] | 2009-04-10 09:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ECON ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI TX UZ |
09TASHKENT497 | UZBEKISTAN: RECENT RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting at the Embassy on March 30, independent human rights activist Ismoil Adilov handed over to poloff a collection of court documents from recent trials he had monitored involving suspected religious extremists. The documents demonstrate that at least six women were [...] | 2009-04-13 15:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KWMN PGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT51 | UZBEKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN AGREE ON 2009 ELECTRICITY PRICE [...] (SBU) Afghan Charge d'Affairs Mohammad Essa Mesbah met with us on January 12 and gave us an upbeat assessment of Uzbek-Afghan talks on electricity pricing held last week between Afghan Minister of Economics Shams and Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Azimov. (Shams met separately to discuss technic [...] | 2009-01-12 13:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON ENRG KPWR UZ AF |
09TASHKENT511 | Uzbekistan: Anti-Corruption Workshop Launches UN Convention [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),with funding support from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),conducted a workshop on March 31 - April 1 on implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption. International experts, [...] | 2009-04-14 13:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KCOR SOCI PHUM LG UZ |
09TASHKENT519 | Uzbekistan: Host Government Practices on Information [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post has not observed any change in the status quo since its last cable on this issue. BUTCHER [...] | 2009-04-15 12:37:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KVPR CVIS PGOV PBTS PREL KHLS ASEC UZ |
09TASHKENT531 | Uzbekistan: New Hokims Elected to Senate Committees [...] (SBU) On March 27-28, 2009, Uzbekistan's Senate of the Oliy Majlis (parliament) held its eighteenth plenary session. Consistent with Article 77 of Uzbekistan's Constitution, recently-appointed hokims of Surkhandarya, Samarkand, Tashkent, Navoi, and Khorezm Provinces had been elected senators by [...] | 2009-04-16 10:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR UZ |
09TASHKENT533 | UZBEKISTAN BELATEDLY APPROVES MOST OSCE PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: Bernard Rouault, an official at the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Project Coordination Office in Tashkent, told poloff on April 14 that the Government of Uzbekistan had finally approved most of the projects proposed on its 2009 submission after a prolon [...] | 2009-04-16 17:40:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE PINR UZ |
09TASHKENT537 | UZBEKISTAN: AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS [...] (U) In response to ref A, Post has neither observed nor received any information concerning discrimination against U.S. products, suppliers, or bidders in airport construction projects funded by the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU). Post is not aware of any instances in which fair market oppor [...] | 2009-04-17 08:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT545 | Uzbekistan on Afghanistan Contributions [...] (C) Charge and P-E Chief delivered points on Afghanistan contributions to Uzbek MFA Americas head Tahir Mamadjanov on April 20: Electrical Transmission: Mamadjanov noted that electricity supply to Afghanistan is proceeding without any problems. (Note: Uzbekistan currently supplies 75 MW [...] | 2009-04-20 12:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR AF UZ |
09TASHKENT55 | UZBEKISTAN: ANATOMY OF A HIZB UT-TAHRIR CASE [...] (C) Summary: This cable examines in depth a recent Hizb ut-Tahrir case reported by state-controlled and independent media and a local human rights activist. While the case highlights on-going abuses in the government's campaign against suspected religious extremists, it also demonstrates how [...] | 2009-01-13 10:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT555 | UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-21 11:12:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT559 | TASHKENT TIDBITS APRIL 22, 2009 [...] (SBU) We attended a roundtable on transboundary water issues at the Oliy Majlis on March 4. The two hour session was chaired by Sadyk Safaev, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and former Ambassador to the U.S. The roundtable produced nothing new in terms of policy; all speakers [...] | 2009-04-22 10:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON KIRF SOCI PHUM KISL KPAO UZ |
09TASHKENT56 | UZBEKISTAN: HIZB UT-TAHRIR ARRESTS IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: State-controlled media, independent news website s, and local human rights activists continue to report on arrests in Uzbekistan of suspected members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) religious extremist group, as well as the arrests of other banned religious groups members. In 2008, t [...] | 2009-01-13 12:01:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KWMN PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER SOCI |
09TASHKENT563 | UZBEKISTAN: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PRESS BLITZ CONTINUES [...] (U) Summary: Regular trafficking in persons (TIP) articles continue to be published in the state-controlled press, and public service announcements are prevalent in all forms of mass media. Uzbekistan's extensive efforts on raising public awareness and highlighting its powerful new criminal c [...] | 2009-04-22 13:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN UZ |
09TASHKENT565 | Uzbekistan: Leahy Vetting Request for EXBS-Sponsored [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for twenty Government of Uzbekistan officials scheduled to participate in WMD Commodity Identification Training under the auspices of t [...] | 2009-04-22 13:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR UZ |
09TASHKENT567 | UZBEKISTAN: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-23 11:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER |
09TASHKENT57 | UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR COMMODITY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for two Government of Uzbekistan officials scheduled to take part in discussions related to Commodity Identification Training with Department of Energy [...] | 2009-01-13 12:02:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR UZ |
09TASHKENT575 | UZBEKISTAN: SCENE SETTER FOR US TRANSCOM COMMANDER GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: In the context of the roll out of the new strategy for Afghanistan and the signing of the exchange of letters on transit, your visit is an opportunity to reinforce the message that Afghanistan is a common endeavor in which the United States and Uzbekistan are partners. Although the [...] | 2009-04-24 13:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT581 | UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVIST REPORTS ATTACKS ON HERSELF AND ADOPTED [...] (C) Summary: On April 23, poloff met with Human Rights Alliance activist Elena Urlaeva, who reported being attacked by two unknown assailants on April 15 after receiving threatening phone calls for weeks demanding that she leave Uzbekistan. She also reported that her adopted 5-year old son wa [...] | 2009-04-27 10:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREF PREL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT585 | UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVIST ACCUSES OPPOSITIONISTS OF EMBEZZLING [...] (C) Summary: During an April 23 meeting with poloff, Human Rights Alliance activist Elena Urlaeva, who was attacked by unknown assailants on April 15 (septel),accused Free Farmers Party leader Nigara Khidoyatova and Gulam Umarov, the son of imprisoned Sunshine Coalition leader Sanjar Umarov, [...] | 2009-04-27 12:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT59 | UZBEKISTAN: UZBEK SINGER NOT ARRESTED [...] (U) Reports in the press that popular Uzbek singer Yulduz Usmanova was arrested on January 10 appear to be false. Reported yesterday by the independent Voice of Freedom website and then picked up by Kyrgyz News Agency AKIPress, the story claims that she was arrested during a wedding performan [...] | 2009-01-14 12:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KPAO SCUL UZ |
09TASHKENT593 | Uzbekistan: Kosovo Demarche Inadvisable at this Time [...] (C) Post continues to advise against an additional demarche to the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) urging it to recognize Kosovo at this time. The GOU has made it clear that "third party" involvement in this issue is not welcome, and further discussions of this with the GOU could be count [...] | 2009-04-28 06:32:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV UZ |
09TASHKENT597 | Uzbekistan: Global Initiative Demarche Delivered, Russians [...] (C) On April 24, Poloff and two Russian Embassy officials-Senior Counselor Alexey Mochulsky and Third Secretary Ekaterina Lazareva-jointly delivered reftel demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism plenary session to First Secretary Oybek Abdiev of Uzbekistan's Ministr [...] | 2009-04-28 08:21:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KGIC PTER MNUC RS UZ |
09TASHKENT601 | UZBEKISTAN: NARCOTICS SEIZURES NOW REGULARLY HIGHLIGHTED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: This is the first of planned regular updates about narcotics seizures publicized in the Uzbek state-controlled mass media. Emboffs have noted a substantial increase recently in the number of articles and television news reports highlighting narcotics-related arrests and seizure [...] | 2009-04-29 04:52:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR KCRM PHUM KCOR ASEC TI UZ |
09TASHKENT611 | UZBEKISTAN: SPECIAL 301 POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points on the 2009 Special 301 results for Uzbekistan to Umid Shadiev in the MFA's North American Department. Shadiev received the points without comment and said he would forward the information to the relevant departments in the GOU. 2. (SBU) On Tuesday, Apr [...] | 2009-04-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR UZ |
09TASHKENT615 | Uzbekistan: Ambassador Delivers Asian Development Bank [...] (SBU) On April 28, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on U.S. support for Asia with an Asian Development Bank (ADB) General Capital Increase to Uzbekistan's First Deputy Prime Minister/Finance Minister Rustam Azimov. Azimov said that Uzbekistan will support the capital increase and that [...] | 2009-05-01 10:00:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID ADB UZ |
09TASHKENT617 | Uzbekistan: Ambassador Delivers Economic Cooperation [...] (SBU) On April 28, Ambassador delivered talking points on the May 13-14 Islamabad Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan to Uzbekistan's Deputy Prime Minister Aripov and First Deputy Prime Minister Azimov. Post delivered a diplomatic note with additional details to Uzbek [...] | 2009-05-01 10:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PREL AF UZ |
09TASHKENT647 | UZBEKISTAN: SIX MORE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CONVICTIONS [...] (U) Summary: Convictions of six more trafficking offenders were reported in separate articles in the state-controlled press on April 30 - May 1, the latest examples of Uzbekistan's aggressive enforcement of its 2008 law and criminal code amendments. The Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Affairs report [...] | 2009-05-06 10:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KTIP UZ |
09TASHKENT649 | Uzbekistan: Short but Positive Meeting on Nuclear Forensics [...] (SBU) Summary: In a short but positive meeting at the Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) on April 21, INP officials signaled their receptivity to cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) on nuclear forensics. (Note: Nuclear forensic [...] | 2009-05-06 12:45:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL KNNP PREL PGOV PBTS UZ |
09TASHKENT669 | Uzbekistan: TRANSCOM Delegation Discusses Transit with GOU [...] (C) Summary: On April 29, a delegation led by Transportation Command Commander General Duncan McNabb met with First Deputy Prime Minister Azimov and with railway officials in Termez to discuss issues related to the transit of goods across Uzbekistan's borders to Afghanistan. Azimov conveyed t [...] | 2009-05-07 08:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC MOPS PGOV PINS PINR PTER EINV ECON ETRD AF |
09TASHKENT67 | Financial Crisis: Uzbekistan in the Tail of the Storm [...] (SBU) Summary: Although spared from the initial fall out of the global financial crisis by its isolation, Uzbekistan could face growing economic difficulties in the second half of 2009. Uzbekistan is vulnerable on three fronts: 1) reduced remittances and increased unemployment among the ranks o [...] | 2009-01-15 12:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT685 | Uzbekistan: Upcoming Conference on Stability and [...] (U) Summary: Uzbekistan's Foundation for Regional Policy and the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies are organizing an international conference entitled "Afghanistan: Issues and Prospects of Stabilization and Reconstruction," to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan June 17-19, 20 [...] | 2009-05-08 06:45:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS ASEC PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT703 | UZBEKISTAN: LONG-TIME MINISTER OF HEALTH SACKED [...] (C) Summary: On April 23, President Karimov relieved long-time Minister of Health Feruz Nazirov from his duties and appointed Adkham Ilkhamovich Ikramov, who had been serving as First Deputy Minister of Health, as his replacement. Reportedly, Nazirov was fired due to unsatisfactory work [...] | 2009-05-11 12:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KCOR UZ |
09TASHKENT705 | UZBEKISTAN: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK'S STOCK RISES WITH [...] (C) Summary: On May 3 Deputy Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Tashkent office, Kiyoshy Tamaguchi, told poloff that ADB recently completed a favorable assessment of Uzbekistan for its 2009-2010 cycle, which cleared the way for a substantial increase in loans from USD 170 million to [...] | 2009-05-11 12:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON UZ |
09TASHKENT707 | NDN Shipments Moving Under Uzbekistan Agreement [...] (C) The Uzbek Ministry of Defense issued approvals on May 6 for the first rail shipments on the Northern Distribution Network (NDN) following the signing of the Exchange of Letters on April 3. Approval for seven shipments came (just) within the 30-day window foreseen by the agreement. The firs [...] | 2009-05-11 13:12:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ELTN UZ |
09TASHKENT709 | RECALL 09 TASHKENT 709 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-11 22:55:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ELTN UZ |
09TASHKENT71 | UZBEKISTAN'S RESPONSE TO NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) On January 15, Poloff briefed Dr. Bakhrom Babayev, United Nations Desk Chief in the UN and International Organizations Department of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the imposition of sanctions on individuals and companies associated with the A.Q. Khan nuclear proliferation netw [...] | 2009-01-15 12:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PREL PARM EFIN UZ |
09TASHKENT711 | Uzbekistan Confirms Participation in Economic Cooperation [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 06:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PREL PGOV AF UZ |
09TASHKENT715 | ACTIVIST SHARES VIEWS ON TRENDS IN UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On May 7, the Ambassador met with Bukhara-based human rights activist Shukhrat Ganiev, who argued that the recent government crackdown on independent groups over the past few months was largely driven by worries over presidential succession and the upcoming December 2009 Parliament [...] | 2009-05-12 11:58:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT717 | The Path to the Sea - The Larger Implications of NDN for [...] (C) Summary: The establishment of the Northern Distribution Network (NDN) connecting Central Asia and Afghanistan has the potential to transform regional commerce and transportation. Uzbekistan and some of the other Central Asian states have relatively well-developed rail networks that, as leg [...] | 2009-05-12 11:58:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN MARR PREL AF UZ ZK |
09TASHKENT723 | UZBEKISTAN: PORK BAN POINTS DELIVERED [...] (U) We delivered reftel points in person on May 7 to Nurillo Abdullaev of the MFA's North America Desk. Without comment, he assured us he would send them on the appropriate agencies in the GOU. 2. (U) On April 28 the GOU imposed a ban on import of meat, pork, and live animals from vari [...] | 2009-05-12 12:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD UZ |
09TASHKENT727 | UZBEKISTAN: COMMENTS ON UNFPA PROGRAM [...] (U) Per request in reftel, post has reviewed the draft UN Population Fund country program for Uzbekistan and has the following suggestions: --The Uzbekistan Reproductive Health Association should be a key partner in the NGO sector. --The term "nurses" should be replaced with "nurse [...] | 2009-05-13 09:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI EAID UZ |
09TASHKENT73 | UZBEKISTAN: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] Summary: Per reftel request, post is providing the following update on child labor in Uzbekistan. In 2008, the Government of Uzbekistan undertook legal reforms to combat the use of child labor. In January 2008, Uzbekistan adopted a new law on children's rights which clarified protections for [...] | 2009-01-16 10:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ECON ELAB EIND ETRD KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI |
09TASHKENT74 | UZBEKISTAN: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Uzbekistan remains a country where conditions for foreign investors are difficult. Legislation guarantees attractive incentives, but in practice it is difficult for an investor to obtain these benefits. The Government of Uzbekistan retains control of large sectors of the economy [...] | 2009-01-16 13:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC |
09TASHKENT751 | UZBEKISTAN: AGRICULTURE, BORDERS, AND ISLAM IN THE FERGHANA [...] (C) Summary: Poloff visited the Ferghana Valley on May 5-6, traveling through Fergana and Andijon Provinces en route to Kyrgyzstan. The overland trip was a good opportunity to take the pulse of this unique and populous area of the country. The land border crossing with Kyrgyzstan between And [...] | 2009-05-13 10:24:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTIP SOCI EAGR KISL ASEC KG UZ |
09TASHKENT765 | UZBEKISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS MEETINGS INDICATE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On May 7, the Ankara-based Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Country Attache and poloff accepted an invitation to tour the National Canine Center, which is operated by the State Customs Committee. On May 8 meetings were held with representatives of the Ministry of Internal Af [...] | 2009-05-14 13:12:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PINR AF UZ |
09TASHKENT767 | UZBEKISTAN: UNODC HOSTS OPERATION TARCET PRECURSOR [...] (U) Summary: On May 12-13, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office in Central Asia hosted a policy planning session in Tashkent in preparation for the second year of Operation TARCET, which is focused on interdicting precursor chemicals en route to Afghanistan. Th [...] | 2009-05-14 13:12:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM ASEC UZ AF ZK IR |
09TASHKENT769 | UZBEKISTAN: ANDIJON COMMEMMORATION BROKEN UP IN TASHKENT [...] (C) On May 13, a small group of human rights activists attempted to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the tragic events in Andijon by laying a wreath at the monument of courage in central Tashkent, according to the independent website Uznews.net. Poloff spoke with Dilorom Ishakova on May 1 [...] | 2009-05-14 13:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT771 | UZBEKISTAN: GOU TO DAUSTR LILIENFELD: ROSES FOR A TIFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (DAUSTR) Claudio Lilienfeld visited Tashkent on April 28-29 to discuss U.S.-Uzbek trade relations and the future of the U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). In meetings with GOU officials, the business commun [...] | 2009-05-14 13:30:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT785 | Uzbekistan: Customs Officials Pleased with Commodity [...] (C) Summary: U.S., Kazakh, and Uzbek instructors jointly conducted a Weapons of Mass Destruction Commodity Identification Training (WMD CIT) workshop for Uzbekistan's Customs officials at the Higher Military Customs Institute in Tashkent on May 6-8. The workshop marked a further step in re-eng [...] | 2009-05-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS KNNP ASEC PREL PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT795 | Uzbekistan: Korean Ambassador Shares Views of Cooperation [...] (C) Summary: On May 15, Korean Ambassador Jea-min Kyun gave the Ambassador a read-out of Korean President Lee Myung-bak's visit to Uzbekistan earlier that week. An energetic President Karimov had accompanied Lee for virtually the entire duration of the three-day visit, and over the course of v [...] | 2009-05-18 12:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN PGOV ENRG ETRD BEXP EAID EINV EMIN KS UZ |
09TASHKENT811 | UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES SUBJECT TO [...] (SBU) On May 20th, Post delivered ref information regarding sanctions against North Korea following the April 2009 launch of the Taepo Dong-II (TD2) ballistic missile to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Americas Desk via dipnote. Post does not expect to receive any substantive response [...] | 2009-05-22 06:59:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN PREL PARM ZO KN UZ |
09TASHKENT823 | Apparent Terrorist Attacks in Eastern Uzbekistan [...] (C) Several years of relative calm was broken in Uzbekistan's Andijon province on May 26 when a group of assailants armed with AK-47s attacked security force installations in the town of Khanabad on the border with Kyrgyzstan. Information on the attack and ensuing firefight is sketchy. An of [...] | 2009-05-27 12:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT825 | Asian Development Bank Eager to Move on Afghan Rail Line to [...] (SBU) On the margins of a May 22 economic conference in Tashkent devoted to President Karimov's approach to the global economic crisis, attended by numerous representatives of international financial institutions, the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Director General for Central and West Asia, Ju [...] | 2009-05-27 12:21:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL PGOV PHUM ELTN UZ |
09TASHKENT83 | UZBEKISTAN: COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] Per ref A, Embassy Tashkent appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's draft list of goods from countries that DOL has reason to believe are produced by forced labor or child labor in violation of international standards. We recognize that child labor continues to be [...] | 2009-01-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ECON ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT831 | UZBEKISTAN: POST STRONGLY SUPPORTS UNICEF DRAFT COUNTRY [...] (C) Summary: On May 27, the Ambassador met with UNICEF Country Representative Mahboob Shareef, who reviewed elements of the draft 2010 - 2015 country program for Uzbekistan and (protect) quietly encouraged the U.S. to vote in favor of the document at the upcoming June 10 board meeting. Sharee [...] | 2009-05-28 06:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KOCI ELAB UN SOCI ECON UZ |
09TASHKENT855 | Uzbekistan: Kosovo's World Bank Membership Demarche [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 11:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT857 | UZBEKISTAN ON LETHAL TRANSIT NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 12:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL RS UZ |
09TASHKENT859 | Uzbekistan: Biographic Information on New Olympic Committee [...] (SBU) On May 13, 2009, the General Assembly of the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan elected Malik Babaev Chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan. He replaced Rustam Kurbanov, who was appointed to this position in March 2009 immediately after being relieved of his posit [...] | 2009-05-29 12:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR UZ |
09TASHKENT885 | Uzbekistan: Biographic Information on New Samarkand Police [...] (SBU) In May 2008, Minister of Internal Affairs Bohodir Matlyubov appointed Colonel Hudayberdi Faizievich Pardaev as Chief of Samarkand City's Department of Internal Affairs. Pardaev, an ethnic Uzbek, was born in 1962. In 1984, after graduation from the Samarkand State University, he began hi [...] | 2009-06-03 08:34:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR UZ |
09TASHKENT887 | Uzbekistan: Biographic Information on New Navoi Police Chief [...] (SBU) In May 2008, Uzbekistan's Minister of Internal Affairs Bohodir Matlyubov appointed Major Feruz Uchkunovich Djuraev as Chief of Navoi City's Department of Internal Affairs. Djuraev, an ethnic Uzbek, was born in 1976. In 1997, after graduation from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) [...] | 2009-06-03 08:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR UZ |
09TASHKENT889 | Uzbekistan: Biographic Information on Termez Railway Station [...] (SBU) In May 2008, Minister of Internal Affairs Bohodir Matlyubov appointed Major Ravshan Nematovich Ismatov as Chief of the Transportation Section of Internal Affairs (Transportation Police) at Termez Railway Station in Surkhandarya Province. Ismatov, an ethnic Uzbek, was born in 1963. He gra [...] | 2009-06-03 08:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR UZ |
09TASHKENT913 | UZBEKISTAN WILL PARTICIPATE IN ILO CONFERENCE IN GENEVA [...] (U) Per reftel, UNICEF Representative in Tashkent Mahboob Shareef previously told emboffs that Uzbekistan had agreed to participate in the upcoming International Labor Organization (ILO) conference, which is set to begin on June 8 in Geneva. On June 5, we learned that Uzbekistan had not regist [...] | 2009-06-05 11:22:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ILO UN ELAB KOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT915 | UZBEKISTAN: UPDATE ON TRIAL OF JOURNALIST DILMUROD SAYYIDOV [...] (C) Summary: On June 1, the trial of journalist and Ezgulik member Dilmurod Sayyidov commenced near Samarkand. Ezgulik activist Abdurakhmon Tashanov, who is monitoring the trial, reported that there is some cause for "cautious optimism" after a motion was approved to include discussion of a p [...] | 2009-06-05 12:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT917 | UZBEKISTAN: NGO COUNTERPART INTERNATIONAL SEEKS FORMAL [...] (C) Summary: On June 2, DCM and emboffs met with visiting representatives from Counterpart International, who are quietly exploring legal avenues for seeking formal registration in Uzbekistan. While humanitarian assistance programs have continued on a small scale since the Government of Uzbek [...] | 2009-06-05 12:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT919 | Uzbekistan Gives Mixed Review of SCO Activities [...] (C) Summary: During a discussion of Uzbekistan's views of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on June 3, a representative of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed that President Karimov will attend the SCO heads of state summit in Yekaterinburg June 15-16, immediately after [...] | 2009-06-05 12:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC ECIN PGOV ECON PINS PTER UZ |
09TASHKENT921 | UZBEKISTAN: DESPITE CLAIMS, ECONOMIC CRISIS HITS HOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. First quarter macroeconomic results show that the real sectors of the Uzbek economy are already facing serious problems created by the downturn in the world economy. Despite GOU claims to the contrary, analysis of official statistics indicates that total exports in the first [...] | 2009-06-05 13:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT927 | 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CASES: [...] (U) The United States Government is aware of six (6) claims of United States persons against the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU). 2. (U) a. Claimant A b. 2002 c. Claimant A was the chief operator of a soft drink manufacturing plant in Uzbekistan after its independence in 1991. Howe [...] | 2009-06-08 08:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC UZ |
09TASHKENT929 | UZBEKISTAN: OSCE SPONSORS HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION WORKSHOPS [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 4 in Tashkent the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) sponsored a workshop on education efforts to promote awareness on human rights, which attracted several high-profile government officials and several international experts. A separate June 5 eve [...] | 2009-06-08 09:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE UZ |
09TASHKENT937 | Afghan Trans-Boundary Water Discussions: Maintaining [...] (SBU) Reftel (A) notes that the Afghan government, with USAID and USFOR-A sponsorship, will hold a two-day conference on water management in early July. If it does not already plan to do so, we recommend that Afghanistan be encouraged to invite Central Asian neighbors such as Uzbekistan to tak [...] | 2009-06-08 12:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV PREL SOCI SENV PBTS |
09TASHKENT939 | Uzbekistan: Diplomatic Note on INP Participation at [...] (U) On June 3, Poloff delivered reftel diplomatic note on the participation of two Uzbek researchers from the Institute of Nuclear Physics at the Tenth International Conference on Applications of Nuclear Techniques 14-20 June in Crete, Greece to Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As of [...] | 2009-06-08 12:40:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA UZ |
09TASHKENT941 | Uzbekistan: Border Security Training Courses at Termez [...] (C) Summary: From April 5 through April 17, U.S. Customs and Border Protection trainers conducted border interdiction and rail interdiction training courses for Government of Uzbekistan officials at Uzbekistan's border with Afghanistan. Uzbek participants actively participated in the training [...] | 2009-06-08 12:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PGOV KNNP PHUM ASEC UZ |
09TASHKENT947 | UZBEKISTAN: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE [...] (U) Post knows of no recent events that would impact on the proposed project (reftel) to remodel Malika Hotels Khiva, Khorezm, and Khevak. Despite the global economic downturn, the tourism sector in Uzbekistan is still strong, fueled largely by European retirees. 2. (U) Post has no inform [...] | 2009-06-09 09:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN UZ |
09TASHKENT951 | Advancing Religious Freedom: Ambassador's Meeting with Uzbek [...] (C) The Ambassador met on June 10 with First Deputy Foreign Minister Hamidulla Karamatov to discuss reftel points and ways forward on the religious freedom issue. Karamatov said that he understood the importance of the issue and the need to work together to find mutually acceptable langua [...] | 2009-06-10 10:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF UZ |
09TASHKENT955 | Uzbekistan: Leahy Vetting Request for EXBS-Sponsored [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for one Government of Uzbekistan official scheduled to participate in the Tenth International Export Control Conference in Istanbul, Turkey June 25 [...] | 2009-06-10 12:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR UZ |
09TASHKENT959 | UZBEKISTAN: NEW ATTORNEY LICENSING EXAMINATION REDUCES [...] (C) Summary: The newly-established Uzbekistan Chamber of Lawyers, which supplanted the Bar Association, is conducting its first round of mandatory new licensing examinations for all defense attorneys who actively practice in courts of law. Several attorneys have complained that the testing pr [...] | 2009-06-11 08:34:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI KCOR UZ |
09TASHKENT961 | UZBEKISTAN: ANDIJON ACTIVIST OFFERS CONSPIRACY THEORIES [...] Summary: On June 9, emboffs met with Saidjahon Zaynabiddinov, a well-known human rights activist based in Andijon and a frequent contact for independent websites and the Embassy alike. Zaynabiddinov reported that his youngest son was arrested for a double murder and, although his son confessed [...] | 2009-06-11 08:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT963 | UZBEKISTAN: PORK IMPORT BAN CONTINUES [...] (U) We delivered Ref A points to the MFA on May 7. These were received without comment (Ref B),but on June 3 we received diplomatic note No. 20/16277 from the MFA confirming that a ban on pork imports is still in effect. An unofficial translation follows below. BEGIN TRANSLATION The [...] | 2009-06-11 09:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD UZ |
09TASHKENT997 | UZBEKISTAN: HEAD OF ODIHR QUIETLY PLANNING VISIT AND [...] (C) Summary: The Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ambassador in Uzbekistan, Istvan Venczel, told us that the Director of ODIHR is quietly planning to visit Tashkent and meet with high-ranking officials in July. The visit could set the stage for OSCE election monitorin [...] | 2009-06-16 12:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE PGOV UZ |
10TASHKENT100 | UZBEK PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: FINAL WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the second round of parliamentary elections took place in 39 constituencies on January 10, Uzbekistan's Liberal-Democratic Party emerged with over 35% of the seats in the Lower House of Parliament, the Oliy Majlis. Relative party percentages remain almost unchanged [...] | 2010-01-25 09:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UZ |
10TASHKENT101 | THE OSCE IN UZBEKISTAN: HARD TO TELL WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Norland on February 18, Ambassador Venczel, head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission in Uzbekistan, said that Uzbekistan's "lack of trust" makes it very difficult for the OSCE to implement many of its local [...] | 2010-02-26 10:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE UZ |
10TASHKENT103 | Uzbekistan: HIV/AIDS Activist Sentenced to Seven Years in [...] (SBU) Summary: It is emerging that a Tashkent Criminal Court last year sentenced Maksim Popov, a psychologist and HIV/AIDS activist, to seven years in prison on charges related to an HIV/AIDS prevention booklet that his NGO distributed, as well as financial improprieties related to gran [...] | 2010-02-26 13:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV AID UZ |
10TASHKENT144 | UZBEKISTAN: MAKING GOOD ON AML PROMISES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Uzbekistan's Ministry of Justice recently approved regulations that strengthen the Central Bank's ability to hold individual commercial banks, credit unions, and pawnshops accountable for anti-money laundering through their operations. This change comes just weeks before the [...] | 2010-01-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KTFN KCRM UZ |
10TASHKENT148 | Uzbekistan: Leahy Vetting Request for GOU MVD Forensic [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. 2. Post is inviting representatives of the Uzbekistan Forensic laboratories to attend the American Academy of Forensic Sciences meeting that will be held in Seattle, Washington, from Feb 22-27, 2010. 3. Action request: Post [...] | 2010-01-28 05:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SNAR UZ |
10TASHKENT150 | Uzbekistan: Leahy Vetting Request for Participants in the [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. Post has been provided with the names of two GOU officials nominated to participate in the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) Comprehensive Crisis Management course (CCM) on February 18 - March 19, 2010 in Honolulu, [...] | 2010-01-28 05:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SNAR ASEC UZ |
10TASHKENT154 | UZBEKISTAN: REMITTANCES DOWN, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS EXPECTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Initial estimates from Western Union and other sources indicate that the picture surrounding remittances to Uzbekistan from citizens working abroad in 2009 remains mixed. Official remittances to Uzbekistan (e.g., remittances processed through the formal banking system) weak [...] | 2010-01-28 09:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SOCI UZ |
10TASHKENT160 | UZBEKISTAN: SLOW APPROACH TO COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Overall, Uzbekistan supports the Copenhagen Accord but doubts it can meet the January 31 deadline for notification of its wish to associate itself with the Accord. Uzbekistan's position is that it must finalize its nationally appropriate mitigation actions prior to official asso [...] | 2010-01-29 11:58:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KGHG ENRG TSPL SENV UZ |
10TASHKENT162 | UZBEKISTAN AND INTERNET FREEDOM: QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IMPACT [...] (U) Summary: On January 25, 2010, Inson va Qonum (Humankind and Law),a newspaper owned by the Ministry of Justice, published an article entitled "Can You Live Without a TV? And Without Internet?" (Note: Inson va Qonum is published exclusively in Uzbek and has a circulation of 21,300. End Note. [...] | 2010-01-29 12:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO UZ |
10TASHKENT178 | Uzbekistan: Energy Officer Community Point of Contact [...] (U) Per reftel A, Post provides the following information for Post officers and personnel with responsibility for energy issues. 2. (SBU) These individuals include: - Nicholas Berliner, Political/Economic Section Chief; IVG (+793) 2115; Fax +998 (71) 120-6335 [...] | 2010-02-02 09:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EPET UZ |
10TASHKENT186 | UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING DELIVERED [...] (U) On January 27, Post delivered reftel information on distracted driving issues to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and requested the information be shared with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which has responsibility for enforcing driver safety. Post will report substantive responses [...] | 2010-02-03 06:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UZ |
10TASHKENT19 | Uzbekistan: GOU Proposals for ABC Follow-on [...] (C) Summary: The Uzbek MFA provided the Embassy with the GOU's proposed follow-on to the Annual Bilateral Consultations (ABC) on January 12. Although there are several differences in their document (particularly in the Human Dimension),it represents a serious response conveyed with the message [...] | 2010-01-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR UZ |
10TASHKENT204 | Uzbekistan: Expedited Leahy Vetting Request for GOU [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. The GOU has provided post with the names of four officials nominated to participate in the Marshall Regional Conference on Border Management and Security of Central Asian States, February 9-11, in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The nominate [...] | 2010-02-04 12:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SNAR ASEC UZ |
10TASHKENT242 | UZBEKISTAN: FOOD FOR PROGRESS JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 9 the Regional Agricultural Counselor met with the Deputy Minister of Finance to review progress on projects implemented within the framework of Food for Progress (FFP). Although progress had been negligible over the 2006-09 period, it became apparent at this meetin [...] | 2010-02-11 12:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON UZ |
10TASHKENT27 | Uzbekistan: From A to Zeromax \ [...] (SBU) Summary. Zeromax Gmbh (Zeromax) is a privately- owned, \ Swiss-registered company that operates in Uzbekistan through a \ series of joint ventures and investments in the oil and gas, \ mining, agriculture, textile, logistics and banking sectors. The \ company keeps a tight lid on all financia [...] | 2010-01-20 11:23:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET UZ |
10TASHKENT29 | Uzbekistan: Feedback from the Embassy-hosted MLK Day [...] (U) Summary: On January 19, Post used a reception at Ambassador Norland's residence to commemorate the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., and at the same time reach out to civil society and the human rights community regarding the Secretary's December 14 Georgetown message. Parti [...] | 2010-01-21 11:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KPAO UZ |
10TASHKENT3 | UZBEKISTAN: RESPONSE TO ATTACK ON BROTHER-IN-LAW OF [...] (C) According to Internet reports, the brother-in-law of opposition Birdamlik movement leader Bahodir Choriev was severely beaten in an incident that took place between Christmas and New Years. Post has confirmed these reports in conversations with Choriev's father and sister. In response, th [...] | 2010-01-06 09:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UZ |
10TASHKENT310 | UZBEKISTAN: MEDIA REACTION TO SRAP HOLBROOKE VISIT [...] (U) Summary: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Holbrooke's February 19th visit to Tashkent received prominent and concise coverage in the local media. One official article on the visit was published and then republished in several state media outlets. The visit was the [...] | 2010-02-24 10:27:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO UZ |
10TASHKENT312 | UZBEKISTAN: REMOTE VILLAGE BIO-GAS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The remote mountain village of Khumsan has a bio-gas demonstration project, using primitive technology that converts livestock manure into bio-gas and provides four participating families with electricity, heat, and gas. It is designed to last ten years without repairs or spare pa [...] | 2010-02-24 12:38:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV EAID UZ |
10TASHKENT314 | UZBEKISTAN: UNDP ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The United Nations Development Programme, one of the largest and most trusted donors in Uzbekistan, has a number of environmental and energy projects, including: building ecosystem stability on degraded land in Karakalpakstan and the Kyzylkum desert; capacity building for a clean [...] | 2010-02-24 12:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV EAID UZ |
10TASHKENT34 | UZBEKISTAN: GOU INOCULATES INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary: At least six independent journalists were informally summoned to the Prosecutor's Office on January 7 for interviews. The journalists who responded were questioned about their professional activities, their views of the regime, their connection to other independent journalists, a [...] | 2010-01-11 10:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO UZ |
10TASHKENT37 | CORRECTED COPY: PUNCTUATION MALFUNCTION: UZBEK PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the second round of parliamentary elections took place in 39 constituencies on January 10, Uzbekistan's Liberal-Democratic Party emerged with over 35% of the seats in the Lower House of Parliament, the Oliy Majlis. Relative party percentages remain almost unchanged from the [...] | 2010-01-25 12:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UZ |
10TASHKENT45 | Uzbek Deputy FM Kamilov Urges Progress in Key Areas [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on newly-installed First Deputy Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov on January 28. Kamilov assessed the climate in the bilateral relationship as very favorable, noting a recent decree from President Karimov on strengthening relations with the U.S. tha [...] | 2010-01-28 13:24:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UZ |
10TASHKENT47 | Uzbekistan: Freedom of Expression under Strain \ [...] (SBU) Summary: Post continues to follow three cases \ involving constraints on freedom of expression. The defamation \ case against photographer Umida Ahmedova continues, with the latest \ information that she has refused an offer for amnesty in exchange \ for a guilty plea. Authorities hav [...] | 2010-01-28 13:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
10TASHKENT49 | Bible Society of Uzbekistan faces Uncertain Future [...] (C) Summary: Sergei Mitin, Chairperson of the Bible Society of Uzbekistan, spoke to poloff on January 22 to discuss continued problems with fulfilling its mission in Uzbekistan. Although Mitin is not yet ready to throw in the towel, he and others in the World Congress of United Bible Soc [...] | 2010-01-29 09:45:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV KIRF UZ |
10TASHKENT5 | Uzbekistan: Response to Ambassador's Letter on Activist's [...] (U) The Uzbek Foreign Ministry sent the Embassy a diplomatic note on January 7, responding to the Ambassador's letter to Foreign Minister Norov of January 6 concerning the beating of the brother-in-law of Birdamlik leader Bakhodir Choriev (Ref A). 2. (C) Comment: The Uzbek response to our le [...] | 2010-01-08 09:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UZ |
10TASHKENT50 | INL UZBEKISTAN: NEW COMPUTER NETWORK SUPPORTS FORENSIC [...] SUMMARY: A secure wireless computer network was installed at the Main Forensic Bureau of the Uzbek Ministry of Health with assistance from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and the Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assista [...] | 2010-01-12 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM UZ |
10TASHKENT54 | Uzbekistan: Positive Signals on IPR [...] (SBU) Summary: A reliable contact responsible for Intellectual Property (IPR) issues in the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan reported on January 11 that the Uzbek Copyright Agency (UCA) plans to introduce a draft law on removal of Uzbekistan's reservation to Article 18 of Bern Convention in [...] | 2010-01-13 06:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT KIPR UZ |
10TASHKENT55 | Uzbekistan: Karimov Decree Offers Opportunities, But [...] (C) Summary: Uzbek President Karimov signed a decree on January 11 calling for strengthened bilateral cooperation with the U.S. following the ABC meetings in Washington. The decree, which has since leaked to the press, tasks all Uzbek government entities with facilitating the implementation of [...] | 2010-02-01 13:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC UZ |
10TASHKENT59 | Uzbekistan: Response to DOL Request for Information on Child [...] (U) Per Ref A request, post provides the following update on child labor and forced labor in Uzbekistan. TASKING 1/TVPRA ------------------------- 2. (U) Per instructions that post should only report on the use of child labor and forced labor during the production of [...] | 2010-02-02 11:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
10TASHKENT65 | Uzbekistan: Ambassador Meets with Bible Society [...] (U) Ambassador Norland met with Bible Society of Uzbekistan (BSU) Chairman Sergei Mitin on February 1 to discuss recent difficulties the BSU has faced in carrying out its activities. (See reftel.) 2. (SBU) The BSU has three ongoing issues: a shipment of Uzbek-, Karakalpak- [...] | 2010-02-04 10:22:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
10TASHKENT67 | Uzbekistan: Photographer Akhmedova Convicted and Amnestied [...] (SBU) Summary: Photographer Umida Akhmedova stood trial in Tashkent this week on charges of defaming and insulting the people of Uzbekistan through a book of photographs and a documentary film. (See reftels.) After one full day of trial, the court found her guilty of the charges, but e [...] | 2010-02-11 14:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KPAO UZ |
10TASHKENT69 | Uzbekistan: Urgent Leahy Vetting Request for GOU [...] This is an request. Please see paragraph four. 2. Post has been provided with the name of one GOU official nominated to participate in the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) Comprehensive Crisis Management Course (CCM) on February 18 - March 19, 2010, in Honol [...] | 2010-02-12 10:54:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV SNAR ASEC UZ |
10TASHKENT7 | Uzbekistan: Fiscal Transparency [...] (SBU) Uzbekistan took a major step towards budget transparency at the beginning of this year (2010) when the state budget was posted on an official internet site. The site is a reference for all laws and regulations passed by the parliament (Oliy Majlis) and, by the standards of Uzbekistan, re [...] | 2010-01-11 13:12:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV ECON PREL UZ |
10TASHKENT87 | UZBEKISTAN: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW RECOMMENDATION (2010) [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GOU's interagency working group charged with drafting new IPR legislation and implementing IPR reform made rapid progress in 2009. A measure to remove Uzbekistan's caveat to Article 18 of the Berne Convention has passed Uzbek interagency review and can be expected to be intro [...] | 2010-02-22 11:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR UZ |
10TASHKENT89 | Action Request: Renewing the NDN Agreement with Uzbekistan [...] (C) The exchange of letters establishing the current framework for NDN in Uzbekistan is set to expire on April 3, 2010, the anniversary of its signing. Post understands that Washington is considering seeking specific enhancements to NDN with the Government of Uzbekistan and that General P [...] | 2010-02-22 12:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR UZ |
10TASHKENT9 | Uzbekistan: Strengthening Laws On Child Labor [...] (U) Summary: At the end of December, President Karimov strengthened Uzbekistan's legal framework against child labor by signing into law amendments that increase penalties on public officials for using child labor, impose penalties on private individuals using child labor, and do away wi [...] | 2010-01-14 05:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UN KTIP UZ |
10TASHKENT90 | UZBEKISTAN: GOU PROMOTES "UZBEK" VALUES AMONG YOUTH [...] (U) Summary: Several articles on the development of Uzbek "spiritual values" have been published in Uzbekistan's state media over the past few months. One such article, entitled "Spirituality: We are Responsible for Our Children," was published recently by government-owned Narodnoye Slovo follo [...] | 2010-01-20 09:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO UZ |
10TASHKENT91 | UZBEKISTAN: PRESIDENT KARIMOV APPOINTS SENATORS WITH AN EYE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the last weeks of January, the 100 Senators of Uzbekistan's parliament, the Oliy Majlis, were chosen-sixteen appointed by President Karimov, and the remaining 84 selected by the regional councils from their own ranks. The Senate is intended to be Uzbekistan's "chamb [...] | 2010-02-23 11:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM UZ |
10TASHKENT92 | FORENSIC SCIENCE IN UZBEKISTAN: THE SUBTLE APPROACH TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Forensic Laboratory Improvement Project sponsored by the State Department Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),with assistance from the Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training and Assistance Program (ICITAP),cont [...] | 2010-01-20 09:51:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID SNAR ASEC KCRM UZ |
10TASHKENT93 | UZBEKS ASK FOR SUBSTANCE ON SWG AND PETRAEUS VISIT [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points on the Special Working Group (SWG) to MFA Americas Director Bakhtiyor Ibragimov on February 23. Ibragimov welcomed the news of the SWG's proposed visit, but suggested that the March 1-5 dates are probably too early for the GOU to fully prepare. The MFA will cons [...] | 2010-02-23 13:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS UZ |
10TASHKENT97 | Uzbekistan: Submission for 10th Annual Trafficking in [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 09:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV KTIP KMCA UZ |
10TASHKENT98 | UZBEKISTAN: 2010 BUSINESS FACILITATION INCENTIVE FUND (BFIF) [...] (U) Brief Justification for Project -- Trade Show. Embassy Tashkent is requesting funding to recruit and send a delegation of Uzbek businesspeople to the May 3-6, 2010, Offshore Technology Conference (Energy/Oil) in the U.S. (NOTE: Although this conference contains the word "offshore" in the [...] | 2010-01-22 11:33:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV ETRD BTIO UZ |
10TASHKENT99 | Uzbekistan: Follow up on DOL Request for Information on [...] (U) Post submitted its response to DOL's request for information on child labor and forced labor in Ref A. DOL requested follow up information in Ref B regarding the use of adult labor in the production of goods, pursuant to Task 1 under the TVPRA. 2. (U) Adult forced labo [...] | 2010-02-26 10:24:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ |
97TASHKENT2034 | UZBEK ISLAMIC MILITANT SURFACES IN PESHAWAR? [...] CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR ESCUDERO. REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) ACCORDING TO BBC CORRESPONDENT MONICA WHITLOCK (PLEASE PROTECT),UZBEK ISLAMIC MILITANT "TAKHIRJON" HAS SURFACED IN PESHAWAR. TAKHIRJON LED THE 1991 "ADOLAT" UPRISING WHICH BRIEFLY TOOK OVER THE HOKIMIATE OFFICES IN NAMA [...] | 1997-05-01 10:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PINR PTER UZ PK |