State of emergency lifted from southern Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK, August 9 (Itar-Tass) -- The Kyrgyz authorities have lifted
the state of emergency that was earlier imposed on the cities of Osh and
Jalal-Abad and a number of areas in the south of the country. The measure
was announced today at a press conference by the head of the presidential
staff's information and coordination center, Farid Niyazov, the Kyrgyz
news agency 24.kg reports.
The state of emergency was canceled last night.
"But this does not mean that last night all law enforcement agencies
stopped working in the intensive mode," he added. "They will remain on
guard to maintain security and order. Tomorrow there will be a meeting of
the Security Council, which will discuss law enforcement in those areas
where the state of emergency has been canceled."
The state of emergency was imposed on several areas in southern
Kyrgyzstan in June 2010, when ethnic clashes killed 350 and injured 2,300
others.

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