MOSCOW CRITICIZES UZBEK, KAZAKH POSITIONS ON TAJIKISTAN.

Russian deputyforeign minister Albert Chrnyshev told Interfax May 22 that the April 20statements by the presidents of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan that these twocountries might pull their peace-keeping units from Tajikistan were theresult of emotions rather than reason. Chernyshev said that “all of us havesuffered losses but we are engaged in a common enterprise–protecting the CISborder in Tajikistan.

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