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Tue, 07/13/2010 - 17:31
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Kyrgyz vice-premier seeks international investigation of riots
BISHKEK, July 13 (Itar-Tass) - Kyrgyz Deputy Prime Minister Omurbek
Tekebayev believes it is necessary to carry out an international
investigation of the tragic events in the south of the country in June.
"The reasons behind that conflict are deep, and possibly President
Rosa Otunbayeva will allow an international investigation, which will help
us establish what caused riots," the official said at a news conference
here on Tuesday.
He is confident that it is necessary to hold "an independent
investigation" as well as set up "international expert groups" for that.
"Motives of that conflict must be considered within the framework of
the whole region, and not only within the framework of our country,"
Tekebayev believes. According to him, events in southern Kyrgyzstan had
been well planned and organized by someone. "It was a kind of a new form
of terrorist attack - an ethnic conflict. The ground was prepared, the
situation was heated and launched, and as a result of that control
extremist forces could assume control over the situation," he believes.
Mass riots in the city of Osh in the south of Kyrgyzstan and the
adjoining regions flared up overnight to June 11. A state of emergency and
curfew were imposed in the conflict area, and will stay in place at least
till August 10. Reinforcements from the Kyrgyz Interior and Defence
Ministry troops and volunteers were sent to the south of the country. A
partial mobilisation was declared in Kyrgyzstan, but the Interim
administration has declared now that no more reservists are needed.
Kyrgyz leader Roza Otunbayeva also signed a decree allowing law
enforcers operating in the conflict zone to shoot to kill if the lives of
peaceful citizens were endangered.
According to various estimates, from 40,000 to 110,000 people fled
violence-hit regions of Kyrgyzstan to find shelter in neighbouring
Uzbekistan. The bulk of the refugees are women with children, the aged and
the wounded. Apart from it, some 200,000 people fled the Osh and
Jalal-Abad regions for other regions within Kyrgyzstan. As of now, more
than 10,000 refugees have been reported to return to their homes.
Official data put the death toll in Kyrgyzstan at 312, around 2,300
people hurt in the clashes asked for medical assistance.
-0-zhe/usn
Tekebayev believes it is necessary to carry out an international
investigation of the tragic events in the south of the country in June.
"The reasons behind that conflict are deep, and possibly President
Rosa Otunbayeva will allow an international investigation, which will help
us establish what caused riots," the official said at a news conference
here on Tuesday.
He is confident that it is necessary to hold "an independent
investigation" as well as set up "international expert groups" for that.
"Motives of that conflict must be considered within the framework of
the whole region, and not only within the framework of our country,"
Tekebayev believes. According to him, events in southern Kyrgyzstan had
been well planned and organized by someone. "It was a kind of a new form
of terrorist attack - an ethnic conflict. The ground was prepared, the
situation was heated and launched, and as a result of that control
extremist forces could assume control over the situation," he believes.
Mass riots in the city of Osh in the south of Kyrgyzstan and the
adjoining regions flared up overnight to June 11. A state of emergency and
curfew were imposed in the conflict area, and will stay in place at least
till August 10. Reinforcements from the Kyrgyz Interior and Defence
Ministry troops and volunteers were sent to the south of the country. A
partial mobilisation was declared in Kyrgyzstan, but the Interim
administration has declared now that no more reservists are needed.
Kyrgyz leader Roza Otunbayeva also signed a decree allowing law
enforcers operating in the conflict zone to shoot to kill if the lives of
peaceful citizens were endangered.
According to various estimates, from 40,000 to 110,000 people fled
violence-hit regions of Kyrgyzstan to find shelter in neighbouring
Uzbekistan. The bulk of the refugees are women with children, the aged and
the wounded. Apart from it, some 200,000 people fled the Osh and
Jalal-Abad regions for other regions within Kyrgyzstan. As of now, more
than 10,000 refugees have been reported to return to their homes.
Official data put the death toll in Kyrgyzstan at 312, around 2,300
people hurt in the clashes asked for medical assistance.
-0-zhe/usn
