Karakalpaks praise Uzbek leader for 'concern' for them

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    BBC Monitoring International Reports, April 1, 2023 Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, 5pp
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    • Abstract:
      By BBC Monitoring On 31 March Uzbek state TV aired a 58-minute special broadcast dedicated to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev's visit to Uzbekistan's autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan the previous day.  The broadcast showed Shavkat Mirziyoyev meeting female workers at a recently-commissioned modern textile enterprise in the autonomous region's Kegeyli District, him kicking off the construction of six new enterprises in the region and paying a 'surprise' visit to a neighbourhood in Nukus, the administrative centre of the region.  Everywhere the president was hailed as a leader who had been living with the region's concerns and worries, and also as...