U.S. Envoy Coordinating Efforts With Central Asia
From Times Wire Reports
U.S. Undersecretary of State John R. Bolton is in the Uzbek capital for talks on terrorism, an official at the U.S. Embassy said.
“He is now in Tashkent to discuss the issue of fighting terrorism,” the official said.
In Washington, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Bolton was coordinating with Central Asian governments on the U.S. campaign against terrorism.
He said Bolton would visit other countries but declined to name them or say how long his mission would last.
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