UN General Assembly
1996

continue to supply weapons to the area of conflict. The inability of Afghanistan’s forces to control its borders requires efforts on the part of the international community to ensure that arms deliveries are ended. I would like to underline particularly that the Republic of Uzbekistan, more than any other nation in the world, seeks to return to age-old traditional relations of friendship, cooperation and mutual trust with neighbouring Afghanistan. This is the only aim guiding us in our initiatives to promote peace in the Islamic State of Afghanistan. We want Afghanistan to be a stable, indivisible State, open to the outside world for the sake of progress and prosperity. I take this opportunity to appeal once again to the Secretary-General, and to the Presidents of the Security Council and the General Assembly to do their utmost to resolve the Afghan conflict, which poses a serious threat not only to regional security but also to for global security. We continue to believe that Central Asia has its own characteristics; the positive or negative development of