Radio Free Europe reports that Jyldyz Sarybaeva, a Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry official, has accused Uzbekistan of blocking electricity exports to power-stricken Tajikistan.Sarybaeva, the deputy head of the ministry's international economic relations department, told RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service that Kyrgyzstan is due to export electricity to Tajikistan under an agreement reached earlier this year.
However, she said Tashkent has so far denied Kyrgyzstan permission to deliver the electricity through its territory.
