Kazakhstan ready to help Kyrgyz citizens

ASTANA, June 14 (Itar-Tass) -- Kazakhstan will offer help to all
Kyrgyz citizens who ask for it, Kazakh emergencies minister Vladimir
Bozhko told journalists on Monday.
"The state will seek to help all Kyrgyz citizens who will apply for
assistance," he said, adding "all variants of the emergencies ministry's
reaction to the situation" were being considered.
According to Bozhko, the Kazakh emergencies ministry is ready both to
provide humanitarian assistance to Kyrgyzstan and to receive Kyrgyz
citizens on its territory. However, he said, refugees from Kyrgyzstan are
unlikely to reach Kazakhstan's southern areas (bordering on northern
Kyrgyzstan).
According to Kazakh interior minister Serik Baimaganbetov, the country'
s police have been put on alert over the developments in neighbouring
Kyrgyzstan.
The Kazakh border authorities pledge not to close the border with
Kyrgyzstan.
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