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OSCE To Help Minority Integration In Central Asia

Rolf Ekeus (file photo) (OSCE)

Rolf Ekeus (file photo) (OSCE)

May 14, 2007 -- The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says it will facilitate cooperation among Central Asian countries through educational programs for national minorities.

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May 14, 2007


OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Rolf Ekeus made the announcement after talks with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe today.


Ekeus said a new project, aimed at teaching members of ethnic minorities the state languages of the countries where they live, will cover Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.


(Interfax)

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