Uzbekistan not to declare Turkmen envoy persona non grata, Russian agency says
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December 24Uzbekistan will not declare the Turkmen ambassador in Uzbekistan persona non grata, Valeriy Niyazmatov, RIA Novosti correspondent, reports from the Uzbek capital Tashkent. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it does not intend to resort to adequate measures after the Turkmen Foreign Ministry declared the Uzbek ambassador in the Turkmen capital Asgabat, Abdurashid Qodirov, persona non grata on 21 December.
"Diplomatic complications that have developed cause deep concern on the Uzbek side," the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said. It noted that "the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan is making efforts to settle the situation by diplomatic means".