"According to specialists, full health screening and further treatment will take a certain period of time," the statement said without providing further detail.
Uzbekistan will celebrate its 25th Independence Day anniversary on Sept. 1.
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Uzbek president Karimov taken to hospital -government
28 August 2016
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Uzbek President Islam Karimov has been taken to hospital, the Uzbek government said in a statement on Sunday.
Karimov, 78, whose ex-Soviet nation borders Afghanistan, has been Uzbek leader since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
"According to specialists, full health screening and further treatment will take a certain period of time," the statement said without providing further detail.
Uzbekistan will celebrate its 25th Independence Day anniversary on Sept. 1.
"According to specialists, full health screening and further treatment will take a certain period of time," the statement said without providing further detail.
Uzbekistan will celebrate its 25th Independence Day anniversary on Sept. 1.
