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    Ethnic minorities in Tajikistan set up alliance

    Asia-Plus news agency, Dushanbe
    10 Jan 05


    Dushanbe, 10 January: An alliance of ethnic minorities living in
    Tajikistan has been set up in the country. The leaders of
    [Tajikistan's] Korean, German, Ossetian and Arab communities and
    Tatar-Bashkir centre took the decision in Dushanbe on 8 January.

    The head of the Korean diaspora in Tajikistan, Viktor Kim, who
    attended the meeting, told Asia-Plus today that the interests of
    representatives of 100 ethnic groups living in Tajikistan, 1 per cent
    of the country's population, were not protected. He added that state
    bodies and political parties did not take into account their
    interests.

    "In this connection it was decided to set up an alliance. However, the
    leaders of only five communities, with the exception of the Turkmen
    and Uighur ones, supported the decision," he said. "Now we intend to
    get the consent of the leaders of the Armenian, Azeri and Georgian
    communities to join the alliance," Kim added.

    He said that the main task of the alliance was to attract the
    attention of the state agencies to resolving the issues of ethnic
    minorities, specifically, the issues of preserving and developing
    their traditions and language.

    "The alliance will not register at the Justice Ministry since it was
    set up temporarily, for the coming two years. We hope that we will
    fulfil the main task of the alliance during this period of time," Kim
    said.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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