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The Foreign Minister optimistic about Mohammed Salih's release

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Publisert under: Regjeringen Bondevik II

Utgiver: Utenriksdepartementet

During the meeting with his Czech colleague Jan Kavan in Bucharest on Monday, Petersen discused the arrest of the exiled Uzbek politician Mohammed Salih.

Press release

No.: 195/2001
Date: 3 December 2001

Foreign Minister Petersen optimistic about Mohammed Salih’s release

In connection with the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting in Bucharest on Monday, Foreign Minister Jan Petersen took up the arrest of the exiled Uzbek politician Mohammed Salih with his Czech colleague, Jan Kavan.

After their meeting, Foreign Minister Petersen expressed his optimism that the matter would soon be resolved.

Mohammed Salih came to Norway from Turkey in 1999 and has been granted political asylum here.