Tweet
POST-SOVIET BLOC TO 'ADVISE' KYRGYZSTAN ON SECURITY, BUT NO TROOPS
RIA Novosti
June 17, 2010
MOSCOW
Member states of a post-Soviet security bloc see no need yet to send
troops to troubled Kyrgyzstan, but could send advisors, the Collective
Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) press service said on Thursday.
It said the CSTO, which comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, had no plans of
sending peacekeeping forces to Kyrgyzstan "but will provide all-round
assistance to law enforcement and security agencies in the Republic
of Kyrgyzstan to help tackle the crisis and bring the situation back
to normal."
It said the bloc could send law enforcement experts to advise Kyrgyz
authorities on ways of "planning and carrying out operations to
prevent mass riots and identify provocateurs."
A Kyrgyz deputy interim prime minister said earlier on Thursday the
situation in the city of Osh, the scene of mass interethnic clashes,
had been placed under control.
The deadly clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbek groups in
southern Kyrgyzstan broke out in Osh on June 11 and then spread to
the neighboring Jalalabad region, leaving at least 191 dead and over
2,000 injured according to official figures.
Azimbek Beknazarov said the city was returning to normal although
sporadic shooting had been heard on the city outskirts at night.
He also said anti-government elements were seeking to destabilize
the situation in the north of the country.
He said over 110 people had been detained on suspicion of being
involved in organizing "acts of provocation" in Osh and Jalalabad
and that followers of ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev were behind
the riots.
Russia, Germany, China, Pakistan and other countries continue to send
humanitarian aid to the Central Asian republic.
The United States expressed its concern over the situation in
Kyrgyzstan and said on Wednesday it had committed over $32 million
in response to the current humanitarian crisis in Kyrgyzstan and
Uzbekistan.
From: A. Papazian
RIA Novosti
June 17, 2010
MOSCOW
Member states of a post-Soviet security bloc see no need yet to send
troops to troubled Kyrgyzstan, but could send advisors, the Collective
Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) press service said on Thursday.
It said the CSTO, which comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, had no plans of
sending peacekeeping forces to Kyrgyzstan "but will provide all-round
assistance to law enforcement and security agencies in the Republic
of Kyrgyzstan to help tackle the crisis and bring the situation back
to normal."
It said the bloc could send law enforcement experts to advise Kyrgyz
authorities on ways of "planning and carrying out operations to
prevent mass riots and identify provocateurs."
A Kyrgyz deputy interim prime minister said earlier on Thursday the
situation in the city of Osh, the scene of mass interethnic clashes,
had been placed under control.
The deadly clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbek groups in
southern Kyrgyzstan broke out in Osh on June 11 and then spread to
the neighboring Jalalabad region, leaving at least 191 dead and over
2,000 injured according to official figures.
Azimbek Beknazarov said the city was returning to normal although
sporadic shooting had been heard on the city outskirts at night.
He also said anti-government elements were seeking to destabilize
the situation in the north of the country.
He said over 110 people had been detained on suspicion of being
involved in organizing "acts of provocation" in Osh and Jalalabad
and that followers of ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev were behind
the riots.
Russia, Germany, China, Pakistan and other countries continue to send
humanitarian aid to the Central Asian republic.
The United States expressed its concern over the situation in
Kyrgyzstan and said on Wednesday it had committed over $32 million
in response to the current humanitarian crisis in Kyrgyzstan and
Uzbekistan.
From: A. Papazian