Situation in Kyrgyzstan stabilised, fully controlled - source.

BISHKEK, August 6 (Itar-Tass) - The situation in Kyrgyzstan, where on
Thursday mass protest rallies took place, is stable now, the republic's
Interior Ministry said on Friday.
"The situation is fully controlled by the law enforcement authorities
and there are no preconditions for any aggravation now," a source in the
ministry said.
All organisations and enterprises in the country work normally.
Bishkek on Thursday saw a rally in support of Urmat Baryktobasov,
which gathered an estimated 2,000-4,000. Several hundred demonstrators
were blocked on the eastern outskirts of the capital. Non-lethal weapons
were used against them. Also, negotiations took place between Baryktobasov
and government officials, during which, according to the Interior
Ministry, he demanded the termination of criminal cases against him, his
appointment as prime minister and the permission to convene a congress of
his supporters in Bishkek.
Kyrgyzstan's President Roza Otunbayeva said the participants in the
rally intended to seize the power and had prepared weapons for that.
Baryktobasov's allies were blocked as they tried to get into the city,
because there had been information that they had "weapons and armoury" to
"seize the power if the ultimatum is not fulfilled," a source at the
National Security Service said.
"That is why the law enforcement forces had to undertake measures to
break up the rally," the source said. "We have confiscated eight guns,
including automated guns and pistols, about 200 bullets for them and a
grenade."
According to the latest information, 27 were detained for the attempt
to organise disorders and seize the power.
Baryktobasov in 2005 ran for the presidency. But the CEC did not give
him a chance to participate in the presidential race, because law
enforcement agencies managed to prove he had Kazakh citizenship. In
response, several thousand of Baryktobasov's supporters seized the
government building. A criminal case against the politician was launched.
Over the past five years he has lived in the United Arab Emirates. He
returned to Kyrgyzstan as soon as power changed hands in Kyrgyzstan last
April. He was not detained by law enforcement officials and settled in his
hometown of Balykchi, the Issyk-Kul Region.
As the head of the information and coordinating center of under the
presidential staff, Farid Niyazov, has said, the Prosecutor-General's
Office on Wednesday received a request for Baryktobasov's extradition to
Kazakhstan, where he is suspected of committing an economic crime.

-0-kar/gor