Uzbek President: "Migrants Are Lazy, Beggars Don't Exist" (In Uzbek)

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In this clip broadcast on state television, local Uzbek officials can be seen solemnly listening and taking notes as President Islam Karimov lashes out at Uzbek migrant workers, calling them "lazy." Then, a few seconds later, he denies the existence of the country's beggars.