“Of course, these events were not organized in one day or ten days.
These actions have been prepared for years by foreign forces, ”Sputnik Uzbekistan quotes him as saying.
Mirziyoyev added that the purpose of the provocations was to encroach on the territorial integrity of Uzbekistan and create an interethnic conflict.
Earlier it became known that during the riots in the capital of the Republic of Karakalpakstan on July 1 and 2, 18 people died, 243 were injured (94 of them are in hospitals).
Deputy Commander of the National Guard of Uzbekistan Khamidjon Dadavaev announced the detention of foreign citizens during the riots in Nukus.