Having our own ambassador making these statements about Karimov is acutely embarrassing. It's bad for British business interests, it's bad for the stability in the region. I mean, he sends back these dossiers full of stories of what Karimov's security forces have supposed to have done, he sends them to the foreign office or whatever, he sends them directly to us, I mean does he think I'm going to read it, does he imagine that I'm interested in this stuff?
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Allegedly said by Blair during a conversation with Jack Straw in the House of Commons, supposedly overheard by a Labour backbencher. Blair is referring to the repressive Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov. Britain's then ambassador was at the time publicly denouncing Karimov's regime for human rights abuses and sending dossiers to Downing Street detailing Karimov's torture and murder of political dissidents and opponents.Tony Blair
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