Tajik president wants UK to return 'Oxus treasure'

Tajikistan’s president wants Britain to return a British Museum collection of ancient gold and silver objects known as the Oxus treasure.

Tajik president wants UK to return 'Oxus treasure'

Tajikistan’s president wants Britain to return a British Museum collection of ancient gold and silver objects known as the Oxus treasure.

“The president has given orders to take the necessary steps to return the most valuable artefacts of the Amu Darya treasure,” President Emomali Rakhmon’s office said in a statement.

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