OSCE to send 50 policemen to Kyrgyzstan`s south - Otunbayeva.

BISHKEK, July 16 (Itar-Tass) - The Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe will send 50 policemen to Kyrgyzstan's southern
region, Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva said on Friday.
"At present, the talks on the issue with OSCE representatives are at
the final stage," she said.
For three-four months policemen from the OSCE member-states will
provide consultations to the republic's law enforcement agencies that
ensure law and order in the southern regions recently hit by the bloody
ethnic clashes.
Mass riots began in Osh on June 11 to embrace the neighbouring
Jalal-Abad region. The state of emergency and curfew were introduced in
Kyrgyzstan's south that will be effective until August 10 as a minimum.
According to the official information, 312 people were killed in the
clashes and another 2,300 were injured. Around 1,800 houses, apartment
buildings and cars were put on fire.

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