The Uzbek Foreign Ministry is "deeply concerned" by Prilepin's proposal to annex to russia the countries from where "guest workers are coming"
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Uzbekistan summoned the Russian ambassador after russian politician Zakhar Prilepin suggested annexing territories such as Uzbekistan. The Uzbeks expressed deep concern, calling Prilepin's idea inconsistent with the strategic partnership between the countries.
The Uzbek authorities expressed "deep concern" over the statement russian writer and co-chairman Zakhar Prilepin, a russian writer and co-chairman of the "Just russia - For Truth" party, who proposed to annex the territories of Uzbekistan to russia. The Uzbek Foreign Ministry expressed its position on the incident to the ambassador of Uzbekistan. rf in person and on the website agency, reports UNN.
During the meeting, the representative of Russia was informed in It was informed in a principled manner that the statement of Zakhar Prilepin, co-chairman of the party "Fair Rrussia - For Truth", at the conference at the press center of "Russia Zakhar Prilepin, co-chairman of the party "Just Russia - For Truth", at a conference at the "Rossiya Segodnya" press center, with a proposal to annex the territory of Uzbekistan to Russia. Today" with a proposal to annex the territory of Uzbekistan to russia.
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The Uzbek Foreign Ministry noted that such statements do not The Uzbek Foreign Ministry noted that such statements do not correspond to "the spirit of comprehensive strategic partnership and alliance" between the countries. between the countries.
The Russian ambassador, for his part, tried to smooth over the emerging scandal, and assured the diplomats that Prilepin's statements Prilepin's statements "do not even remotely have anything in common with the official position of the Russian leadership.
According to information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs According to the Uzbek Foreign Ministry, Russian Ambassador O. Malginov has promised that his country's Foreign Ministry plans to comment on the incident in the near future. a comment on the incident.
Context
Earlier Zakhar Prilepin proposed to solve the problem of conflicts with migrants by annexing territories from where in Russia "to "teach them the Russian language on the spot".
I'm not kidding. We're going to be bringing up the disavowal the dissolution of the Soviet Union, which will allow us to say at any time, "Because two million of our citizens "Since two million of our citizens are on your territory, we claim your territory. your territory. Because the majority are already here, and they even voted for it it."
