We respect the deadline
Daniel Fried
We are not to be accused of an intention to establish an Islamic caliphate in Uzbekistan
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The Uzbek government made it clear that we need to leave the base, and we intend to leave it without further discussion.
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Is not a price for the right to have a base, it is a payment for material services provided by the Uzbek side.
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Our interests in security and our interests in democracy are indivisible
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We did not agree on some issues. I made it clear that the United States supports civil society including NGOs (non-governmental organizations) around the world.
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We intend to leave it without further discussion. We respect this request by the government of Uzbekistan
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We do want to cooperate, but it has to be across the board, not just on counterterrorism and security but also to support democratic and market reforms,.. Very disappointing.
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[The E.U. Has been pressuring Washington to impose similar sanctions, but the Bush administration wanted to give Karimov one last chance to renew cooperation.] The United States is going to look very closely at whether Karimov responds to our message, and, if not, we will draw conclusions,.. We're not talking about six months. My purpose was not to drag out the process.
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