FILE PHOTO - Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov makes a statement at the Kremlin in Moscow, April 15, 2013. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor/File Photo
ALMATY (Reuters) - Islam Karimov, the 78-year-old president of Central Asia's most populous country, is undergoing hospital treatment, Uzbekistan's government said on Sunday, in a rare statement about the health of a reclusive leader who lacks an obvious successor.
A government statement did not say what Karimov was being treated for or how serious his illness was, but official statements on his health are very uncommon.
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