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POST-SOVIET SECURITY BLOC SAYS KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT'S ACTIONS NOT ENOUGH
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 14, 2010 - 19:20 AMT 14:20 GMT
On June 14, after a meeting in Moscow of member states' national
security chiefs, the Collective Security Treaty Organization called on
the interim government of Kyrgyzstan to take all necessary additional
steps to quickly restore order in the country.
"The efforts by the provisional government of Kyrgyzstan to stabilize
the situation in the country are still insufficient," the CSTO said
in a statement.
The Russia-dominated grouping, which also comprises Armenia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, said that the
secretaries of members' security councils "developed concrete proposals
aimed at reducing ethnic tensions" to present to CSTO presidents,
RIA Novosti reported.
Kyrgyzstan has asked Russia to send troops to help deal with the
violence in the south of the country, where the government says 124
people have died.
So far, Russia has only sent humanitarian aid and 150 paratroopers
to ensure security at its Kant airbase near the capital, Bishkek,
in the north of the country.
The possible deployment of peacekeepers was discussed at the CSTO
meeting and Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said
the members hoped measures would be "coordinated soon."
He added that the meeting participants "did not rule out the use of
any means on the CSTO agenda."
More than 75,000 ethnic Uzbeks have reportedly fled Kyrgyzstan to
take refuge in Uzbekistan following the unrest.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 14, 2010 - 19:20 AMT 14:20 GMT
On June 14, after a meeting in Moscow of member states' national
security chiefs, the Collective Security Treaty Organization called on
the interim government of Kyrgyzstan to take all necessary additional
steps to quickly restore order in the country.
"The efforts by the provisional government of Kyrgyzstan to stabilize
the situation in the country are still insufficient," the CSTO said
in a statement.
The Russia-dominated grouping, which also comprises Armenia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, said that the
secretaries of members' security councils "developed concrete proposals
aimed at reducing ethnic tensions" to present to CSTO presidents,
RIA Novosti reported.
Kyrgyzstan has asked Russia to send troops to help deal with the
violence in the south of the country, where the government says 124
people have died.
So far, Russia has only sent humanitarian aid and 150 paratroopers
to ensure security at its Kant airbase near the capital, Bishkek,
in the north of the country.
The possible deployment of peacekeepers was discussed at the CSTO
meeting and Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said
the members hoped measures would be "coordinated soon."
He added that the meeting participants "did not rule out the use of
any means on the CSTO agenda."
More than 75,000 ethnic Uzbeks have reportedly fled Kyrgyzstan to
take refuge in Uzbekistan following the unrest.
From: A. Papazian