News Agency HARAKAT - 27 January 2010

• 17:09Uzbekistan seeks common ground with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on water issue: expert

  Uzbekistan is looking for common ground and mutual understanding with the neighboring republics in the issue of distribution of water resources in Central Asia, said Uzbek expert Sergey Yezhkov. "Uzbekistan does not set the task of confrontation with neighboring states, Yezhkov told Trend News by telephone from Tashkent. - Tashkent is seeking common ground and understanding that will resolve the issue [of water distribution] without loss to the neighboring countries." Water problems of Cen...

• 17:05Will Tajikistan Successfully Construct Rogun?

  In his official address to Tajik citizens, President Emomali Rakhmon announced that 2010 will be the year “when great resources will be mobilized” to construct the 3,600 mw Rogun dam. “The construction of this site, important for our country, has turned into the arena of labor, bravery and generosity, trials of heroism, and, more so, our national idea,” said Rakhmon (www.khovar.tj, January 5). Yet, at this point it remains unclear whether Rakhmon’s plan to build Rogun will be fulfilled. Probl...

• 21:19Oliy Majlis Senate first meeting begins in Uzbekistan

  The first meeting of the newly elected Senate of Oliy Majlis, the upper house of Uzbek parliament, begins its work in Uzbekistan. According to the country's Constitution and Electoral Legislation the first meeting of the new staff of the upper parliament is called by the Central Election Commission. The agenda of the first meeting of the Senate, which will be held on Jan.25 - 26, includes organizational issues related to the election of a Senate chairman and his deputies, the formation of ...

• 19:40Talks with Taliban loom over Pakistani-Afghan summit

  The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan will seek closer cooperation in the fight against militants during a summit in Istanbul on Monday, but a plan to reach out to Taliban insurgents will likely dominate the talks. Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari meet ahead of a London conference where Afghanistan and the international community are set to agree a framework for Kabul to take responsibility for its own security. The two men will hold a bilateral meet...

• 23:44Kazakhstan and the O.S.C.E.

  This year, Kazakhstan has become the first former Soviet state to assume the rotating chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Democratic activists are crying foul, saying President Nursultan Nazarbayev represses dissent. Others worry that Kazakhstan will be used by Russia, which has undermined the O.S.C.E. in the past, to advance Russian initiatives. Based on my experience as U.S. ambassador in Kazakhstan after independence in 1991 and on later developments...

• 20:37Uzbekistan - Meeting at Oqsaroy

  President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov met with the First Deputy Prime Minister of Russian Federation Igor Shuvalov at Oqsaroy, 18 January. According to Head of our state, the visit constitutes a good opportunity to exchange views on not only bilateral, but also multilateral issues of primary importance in order to raise our relations to a higher level. Today, the cooperation of the two countries develops in political, trade, economic, cultural, and many other spheres. At...

• 23:25Uzbekistan has army capable to protect its security: Uzbek President

  "At present, Uzbekistan has a modern, small in number, mobile, well-equipped national army. It is capable to reliably protect the stability and security of the country, inviolability of its borders, peace and tranquility of our people," Uzbek President, Commander-in-Chief of the Uzbek Armed Forces Islam Karimov said due to the Day of Defenders of Homeland, marked in Uzbekistan on  January 14 and the eighteenth anniversary of the Armed Forces.However, the Uzbek president said that ...

• 19:50Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan hold intergovernmental negotiations

  Ashgabat hosted the next meeting of the joint Turkmen-Uzbek commission for trade, economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation.Following the meeting, the sides signed a protocol. Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade Minister Elyor Ganiev represented Uzbekistan and Trade and Foreign Economic Relations Minister Nokerguly Atagulyev represented Turkmenistan. According to the information, the talks were held "in a constructive atmosphere and the sides exchanged views on p...

• 19:48N. Korea again listed as most repressive

  An organization that serves the persecuted church again has rated North Korea as the worst oppressor of Christians. It was the eighth consecutive year that Open Doors gave the Asian regime the top ranking, this time 25 points ahead of Iran, the No. 2-rated country.Meanwhile, more than two-thirds of the world's population live in countries with high restrictions on religion, according to a report by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion and Public Life titled Global Restrictions on ...

• 19:37Official: Bunyodkor Sign Denilson & Stevica Ristic From Pohang Steelers

  Uzbekistan club Bunyodkor have sealed a sensational double swoop, gobbling up two of Asia’s biggest stars, according to the club's official website.Denilson, and Stevica Ristic spearheaded Pohang's charge to last year’s Asian Champions League title, with both players actually grabbing goals against Luiz Felipe Scolari’s Bunyodkor side at the quarter-final stage.The 33-year-old Denilson will join a host of fellow Brazilian compatriots in Scolari's squad, including th...