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Kyrgyz referendum to lay down foundation for country`s stabilisation
ASTANA, June 29 (Itar-Tass) - Kazakhstan hopes that the Kyrgyz
referendum on June 27 will lay down foundation for stabilisation in the
country.
This idea was expressed on Tuesday by Kazakh head of state Nursultan
Nazarbayev, speaking here at the opening of the high-level OSCE conference
on tolerance and non-discrimination.
"We hope that the recent referendum will lay down foundation for
stabilisation in the country and justify hopes of people for quiet and
better life of Kyrgyz citizens," he emphasised. In the president's
opinion, the latest events in the neighbouring republic were caused by
"poverty and absence of tolerance that has not been gained during the
independence years".
Nazarbayev noted that "a shortage of experience in methods of
regulation, the complicated ethnic composition, unsettled problems of the
past and weakness of civil society make questions of tolerance in the
Euro-Asian part of the OSCE especially acute".
All these shortcomings are evident in Kyrgyzstan where they caused
tragic events as a result of which "hundreds of people died and thousands
were wounded," he stated.
Nazarbayev assured that "Kazakhstan as a country, presiding in the
OSCE, intends to make its contribution to promoting ideas of tolerance,
inter-ethnic peace and inter-confessional accord over the entire space of
the Organisation".
The Kazakh president reckons that "seeds of mistrust", sprouting in
Kyrgyzstan, "can be also sown between other nations in the region", which
is a serious challenge to stability in the region and brings a threat to
OSCE member states.
"In actual fact, this weakens the front of struggle against
international terrorism and extremism whose front-line crosses
neighbouring Afghanistan. Chaos and destabilisation in the region is a
boon for barons of illicit drug trafficking and traders in arms as well as
in people," Nazarbayev states.
In this context, the president voiced support for setting up an OSCE
Centre for tolerance and non-discrimination which could help to resolve
conflicts.
-0-bur/gor
referendum on June 27 will lay down foundation for stabilisation in the
country.
This idea was expressed on Tuesday by Kazakh head of state Nursultan
Nazarbayev, speaking here at the opening of the high-level OSCE conference
on tolerance and non-discrimination.
"We hope that the recent referendum will lay down foundation for
stabilisation in the country and justify hopes of people for quiet and
better life of Kyrgyz citizens," he emphasised. In the president's
opinion, the latest events in the neighbouring republic were caused by
"poverty and absence of tolerance that has not been gained during the
independence years".
Nazarbayev noted that "a shortage of experience in methods of
regulation, the complicated ethnic composition, unsettled problems of the
past and weakness of civil society make questions of tolerance in the
Euro-Asian part of the OSCE especially acute".
All these shortcomings are evident in Kyrgyzstan where they caused
tragic events as a result of which "hundreds of people died and thousands
were wounded," he stated.
Nazarbayev assured that "Kazakhstan as a country, presiding in the
OSCE, intends to make its contribution to promoting ideas of tolerance,
inter-ethnic peace and inter-confessional accord over the entire space of
the Organisation".
The Kazakh president reckons that "seeds of mistrust", sprouting in
Kyrgyzstan, "can be also sown between other nations in the region", which
is a serious challenge to stability in the region and brings a threat to
OSCE member states.
"In actual fact, this weakens the front of struggle against
international terrorism and extremism whose front-line crosses
neighbouring Afghanistan. Chaos and destabilisation in the region is a
boon for barons of illicit drug trafficking and traders in arms as well as
in people," Nazarbayev states.
In this context, the president voiced support for setting up an OSCE
Centre for tolerance and non-discrimination which could help to resolve
conflicts.
-0-bur/gor
