Putin, Uzbek counterpart discusses on fighting terrorism together

20/12/2024 6:12

Russian President Vladimir

Putin and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev discussed the

cooperation of their two countries in the fight against

terrorism in a phone call on Thursday, the Kremlin said.



Mirziyoyev expressed his condolences to Putin for the death

of General Igor Kirillov, chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological

and Chemical Protection Troops, and his assistant, who were

killed by a bomb in Moscow on Tuesday.



Ukraine's SBU intelligence service took responsibility for

the killing after Ukraine accused Kirillov of being responsible

for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops -

something Moscow denies.



An Uzbek man was arrested and charged with terrorism on

Thursday by a Moscow court.



Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and the security

services of Uzbekistan are working together to identify

accomplices in the killings, the TASS state news agency reported

on Thursday.



The Uzbek side was providing "all possible assistance", TASS

cited the FSB as saying.