Israeli Cabinet minister Natan Sharansky said he supports Uzbekistan’s crack down on Islamic fundamentalism. But at the same time, Sharansky said the former Soviet republic must find a way to build democracy. Sharansky made his comments in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent.
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