Uzbekistan interim leader rules out military alliances

[WorldNews]

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Ex-Soviet Uzbekistan's new interim president Shavkat Mirziyoyev has ruled out military alliances, the government said Friday, following the same course as the late veteran strongman Islam Karimov. Mirziyoyev -- who served as the Central Asian country's prime minister for nearly 13 years -- is the frontrunner to replace Karimov. "The firm position of our country, as before, is non-membership in all military-political alliances and not allowing other states' military bases and facilities on the territory of Uzbekistan," Mirziyoyev told lawmakers, according to a foreign ministry statement.

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