ALMA-ATA, June 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Uzbekistan on Thursday reiterated its rejection of any international investigation into Andijan unrest.

    "Uzbekistan sees no basis for setting up an international commission to investigate the Andijan events," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

    The Foreign Ministry was responding to NATO's call last week for an independent international investigation into the violence in the country's eastern city of Andijan earlier last month.

    The Foreign Ministry said Uzbek authorities would conduct their own probe.

    "An investigation into the violence is being carried out by a specially determined group that consists of competent professionals," the Foreign Ministry said.

    "The preliminary conclusions of the investigation show that the tragic events that took place in Andijan were the outcome of carefully planned terrorist aggression by radical, extremist and religious forces directed from abroad and aiming to liquidate the constitutional state and secular democratic path chosen by the people of Uzbekistan," it said.

    On May 12, armed protesters turned Andijan into chaos, attacking regional and city administration buildings, setting freeprisoners from a prison and clashing with security forces.

    The Uzbek government forces regained control of the situation in Andijan on the second day. The official death toll in Andijan unrest stands at 173. Enditem