Subject: Uzbek-Kyrgyz border incl. Sokh and Shohimardon enclaves<br/>
Date: Aug 17, 2004 @ 20:56<br/>
Author: Christian Berghänel (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Christian_Bergh=E4nel?= &lt;christian.berghanel@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1356916319">Here is a piece of news from the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border incl. Sokh and Shohimardon enclaves:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC<br/>
&gt; ___________________________________________________________<br/>
&gt; RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 8, No. 155, Part I, 16 August 2004<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; UZBEKISTAN BEGINS MINE-CLEARING ALONG KYRGYZ BORDER. Uzbekistan has<br/>
&gt; begun to demine sections of its border with Kyrgyzstan, akipress.org<br/>
&gt; reported on 13 August. The report cited a source in the Uzbek Defense<br/>
&gt; Ministry as saying that mine-clearing activities have begun along the<br/>
&gt; Kyrgyz-Uzbek border near the Uzbek enclaves of Sokh and Shohimardon<br/>
&gt; to the south of the Ferghana Valley. The source also noted that<br/>
&gt; mine-clearing will soon start along the Uzbek-Tajik border.<br/>
&gt; Uzbekistan began to mine the borders in 1999 to prevent incursions by<br/>
&gt; the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.<br/>
&gt; Since then at least 70 Tajik citizens and 11 Kyrgyz citizens have<br/>
&gt; been killed by mines. DK<br/>
&gt; <br/>
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 </span></blockquote>Best wishes,<br/>
______________________________<br/>
Christian Berghänel<br/>
Kungälv, Sweden<br/>
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