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Disarmament Diplomacy

Issue No. 38, June 1999

US Aid for Uzbekistan Chemical Weapons Clean-Up

On 25 May, the United States pledged $32.2 million aid to the former Soviet Republic of Uzbekistan, partly to assist the country in dealing with the legacy of Soviet testing of chemical and biological weapons. The agreement was signed in Tashkent by Stephen Sestanovich of the US State Department and Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister, Abdulaziz Kamilov.

Report: Uzbekistan, US agree on aid package, Associated Press, 25 May.

© 1999 The Acronym Institute.

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