Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Uzbekistan to quit regional economic body: diplomat

MOSCOW, Nov. 12 (Chinese media) -- Uzbekistan is to suspend its membership in the Eurasian Economic Community (EEC) due to its allegedly poor efficiency, Russian media reported Wednesday.

"Tashkent has long been saying that this organization is not efficient enough," Interfax news agency q

Uzbekistan joined the regional economic body in 2006, which also includes Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

The Moscow-led international organization will not get "nervous" about this but treat Uzbekistan's decision calmly, according to the diplomat.



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