Uzbek media reports said yesterday that Ukraine’s Ambassador to Uzbekistan Mykola Doroshenko has been summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan (MFA) over what they said “the baseless statement of the representative of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine about the delivery of dual-purpose products in the media.”
According to the Ukraine Defense Ministry, Uzbekistan had bypassed the current sanctions against Russia and helped the country.
Uzbekistan’s Daryo says it was reported that the Uzbek MFA is ready to study the issues of interest and provide impartial information in case of receiving official requests from the Ukrainian side. It was noted that Uzbekistan will not allow the dissemination of false information about Uzbekistan in the mass media.
Ambassador Doroshenko reportedly assured that he would immediately convey the concerns of the Uzbek side and the results of the meeting to the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
Russia’s TASS reported yesterday that earlier, the spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Vadim Skibitsky, said in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica that Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan were selling US and Japanese civilian components to Russia, which are crucial for making missiles, thus helping Moscow bypass sanctions.
"Serious concerns have been brought to the attention of Ukraine’s ambassador in connection with an unfounded statement by a Ukrainian Defense Ministry official to the media about alleged supplies of dual-use products to circumvent the current sanction restrictions. We stressed the inadmissibility of Ukraine’s dissemination of falsehoods in the media regarding Uzbekistan," the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said on its Telegram channel.
