Uzbek President refuses to participate in CSTO informal summit
18:17, 10 August 2011
ASTANA. August 10. KAZINFORM /Damir Baimanov/ President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov did not confirm his participation in the CSTO informal summit in Astana on August 12. Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha made it public after his meeting with Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov on Wednesday.
"I have no information that the President of Uzbekistan will attend the summit. Once he talked about the intention to participate in the summit. A few days ago he refused to participate," Bordyuzha told journalists.
All the rest heads of state will attend the top level meeting. The organization's member states are not expected to sign any documents, says CSTO head.