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Otunbayeva appoints envoy for help to ethnic violence victims
BISHKEK, June 14 (Itar-Tass) -- Head of the Kyrgyz interim government
Roza Otunbayeva on Monday appointed Aigul Ryskulova her special envoy for
aid to refugees and victims of the ethnic violence in the republic's
southern regions, the government's press service told Itar-Tass.
Ryskulova, who had headed Kyrgyzstan's state committee for migrants
and labour before the April riots, was instructed to coordinate the
activities of all state authorities in the republic's southern regions
related to social, economic and humanitarian aid.
According to latest reports, the death toll from inter-ethnic clashes
in Kyrgyzstan has reached at least 117. A total of 1,485 people have
sought medical assistance. More than 7,000 ethnic Uzbeks have fled the Osh
and Jalal-Abad regions heading for the border with Uzbekistan.
Massive disorders and clashes between ethnic Uzbeks and Kyrgyzs flared
up in the country's second largest city of Osh overnight to June 11. The
following day the riots spread to the neighbouring Jalal-Abad region. The
state of emergency and curfew were imposed in the conflict-gripped areas.
On Saturday, interim president Roza Otunbayeva admitted that the republic
was unable to settle the situation and asked Russia for military help. She
held responsible deposed president Kurmanbek Bakiyev's brothers and
relatives for being behind this next round of violence. According to
Otunbayeva, they sponsored the organization of clashes and provided arms.
The former president however said he had nothing to do with the violence
in the republic's southern regions.
The Kyrgyz authorities have sent extra army and police units to Osh
and Jalal-Abad and authorized the use of arms in case of emergency. The
interim government has also legalized voluntary public order squads and
undertook to finance them. Kyrgyzstan's provisional government has ordered
a partial mobilization of reservists. All units of the national Armed
Forces were ordered to assume wartime posture.
The list of those killed includes police officers, a border guard, a
lawmaker from the Osh Council, and an officer from the emergencies
ministry.
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Roza Otunbayeva on Monday appointed Aigul Ryskulova her special envoy for
aid to refugees and victims of the ethnic violence in the republic's
southern regions, the government's press service told Itar-Tass.
Ryskulova, who had headed Kyrgyzstan's state committee for migrants
and labour before the April riots, was instructed to coordinate the
activities of all state authorities in the republic's southern regions
related to social, economic and humanitarian aid.
According to latest reports, the death toll from inter-ethnic clashes
in Kyrgyzstan has reached at least 117. A total of 1,485 people have
sought medical assistance. More than 7,000 ethnic Uzbeks have fled the Osh
and Jalal-Abad regions heading for the border with Uzbekistan.
Massive disorders and clashes between ethnic Uzbeks and Kyrgyzs flared
up in the country's second largest city of Osh overnight to June 11. The
following day the riots spread to the neighbouring Jalal-Abad region. The
state of emergency and curfew were imposed in the conflict-gripped areas.
On Saturday, interim president Roza Otunbayeva admitted that the republic
was unable to settle the situation and asked Russia for military help. She
held responsible deposed president Kurmanbek Bakiyev's brothers and
relatives for being behind this next round of violence. According to
Otunbayeva, they sponsored the organization of clashes and provided arms.
The former president however said he had nothing to do with the violence
in the republic's southern regions.
The Kyrgyz authorities have sent extra army and police units to Osh
and Jalal-Abad and authorized the use of arms in case of emergency. The
interim government has also legalized voluntary public order squads and
undertook to finance them. Kyrgyzstan's provisional government has ordered
a partial mobilization of reservists. All units of the national Armed
Forces were ordered to assume wartime posture.
The list of those killed includes police officers, a border guard, a
lawmaker from the Osh Council, and an officer from the emergencies
ministry.
-0-ras/usn
