Do not interfere in our affairs under the pretext of furthering freedom and democracy. Do not ... tell us what to do, whom to befriend and how to ori… - Islam Karimov

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Do not interfere in our affairs under the pretext of furthering freedom and democracy. Do not ... tell us what to do, whom to befriend and how to orient ourselves.

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About Islam Karimov

Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov Sr. (Uzbek: Islom Abdugʻaniyevich Karimov / Ислом Абдуғаниевич Каримов), (Russian: Ислам Абдуганиевич Каримов) (30 January 1938 - 2 September 2016) was the leader of Uzbekistan and its predecessor state, the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, from 1989 until his death in 2016. He was the last First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan from 1989 to 1991, when the party was reconstituted as the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (PDP); he led the PDP until 1996. He was the President of the Uzbek SSR from 24 March 1990 until he declared the independence of Uzbekistan on 1 September 1991. He ruled a repressive authoritarian regime in Uzbekistan where political opponents were assassinated, human rights were repressed, and dissent was prohibited.

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Native Name: Islom Abdugʻaniyevich Karimov Ислом Абдуғаниевич Каримов
Alternative Names: I. A. Karimov Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov
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Uzbekistan advocates strict and unconditional application by all States of the international nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime. Without this, one can hardly speak about maintaining strategic stability either on the global or the regional level.

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