Baroness Ashton visited Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan between 27 and 30 November 2012, and also attended an EU-Central Asia Ministerial meeting where the Turkmen government was represented. Civic Solidarity Platform members believe the visit should have been used as an opportunity to convey more forcefully an EU message of support for human rights and civil society, explicitly linking progress in these areas to strengthened EU engagement with the Central Asian countries.
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