Conflicting reports on Uzbek President Karimov’s condition
YEREVAN, AUGUST 30, ARMENPRESS. Rumors are circulating about the alleged death of Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov.
The Fergana news agency reported Monday night, citing unidentified sources, that Karimov has died aged 79 on August 29 at 15:00-16:00.
Officials in Tashkent have denied the reports, claiming Karimov is in "serious but stable condition," according to the Interfax news agency.
TASS reported the Kremlin does not have any confirmations to the reports issued by a number of media on Monday night that President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan has allegedly died.
"We don't have any confirmations (to this information)," the Russian President's Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told TASS when a reporter asked him if the Presidential Administration was verifying the media reports.
Karimov has been the President of Uzbekistan since 1991.