The current spate of sackings by President Islam Karimov has made such posts seem less secure.
It has a tricky relationship with Uzbekistan, whose dictator, Islam Karimov, has cracked down heavily on Islamic militants.
Uzbekistan's dictator, Islam Karimov, demanded that America include IMU auxiliaries in Afghanistan among its targets, in exchange for access to bases in his country.
Moscow, says an adviser to the Uzbek president, Islam Karimov, still thinks of itself as the centre and does not treat Uzbekistan as an equal.
In power since 1989, the 70-year-old vies with his Uzbek counterpart, Islam Karimov, as longest-serving leader in states that once made up the Soviet Union.
Its president, Islam Karimov, said crossly this week that Russia was exaggerating the threat, and was trying to intimidate his country into accepting Russian bases.
Secularism is not going to be made popular in the Muslim world by continuing support for dictatorships such as Pervez Musharraf's Pakistan or Islam Karimov's Uzbekistan.
Islam Karimov, the veteran leader of Uzbekistan, the most populous of the five, has kept his country secular and relatively stable at the cost of shocking human-rights violations.
Its president, Islam Karimov, agreed to the use of his country as a transit route for non-lethal supplies, and might offer America other facilities if Manas does indeed close.
And in Uzbekistan, the historic centerpiece of Central Asia and its most densely populated market, Coke teamed up with a son-in-law of strongman President Islam Karimov--and came to regret it.
Playing host to a gathering of this type is a feather in the cap of Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan's dictator since its birth in 1991, but it is turning into an embarrassment for the bank.
Uzbekistan's president, Islam Karimov, who did not take part in the Bishkek meeting, appears to be seeking a different solution to the problem of Afghanistan: he is now trying to establish friendly relations with the Taliban.
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