Uzbek president orders military call-up

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov signed a resolution on 6 January 2009 on the call-up of the citizens to the Armed Forces.

Draft-age Uzbek citizens will be called up to the army in February-March 2009.

Citizens who are fit for fixed-term military service and who are not eligible for deferment or exempt from conscription, but who are not being called up for the armed forces during this call-up are to be enlisted in the mobilization call-up reserve.

Citizens who have completed their fixed-term military service and those called in 2008 autumn are to be transferred to the reserve of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan.