Credo (ma spero che qualcuno possa smentirmi presto) che Italian Blogs For Freedom (e Almenoquantolacrema) siano gli unici organi di informazione in Italia a tentare un monitoraggio della situazione in Kyrgyzstan, stante l’imbarazzante silenzio della nostra stampa nazionale. Quello che è successo nei mesi scorsi sta davvero cambiando i rapporti di forza e ridisegnando il quadro geopolitico della macroregione asiatica. Lo prova il fatto che lo stesso Ministro della Difesa Statunitense Rumsfeld ha recentemente visitato il paese, offrendo la collaborazione americana ad una democrazia kirgiza che sia più vera e solida. Gli ha fatto eco Dimitrij Rupel attuale presidente dell’OSCE che ha offerto collaborazione economica al paese e un supporto logistico e di monitoraggio in occasione delle prossime elezioni presidenziali, fissate per il 10 luglio 2005.
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April 18. US Defense Minister Donald Rumsfeld appreciated Kyrgyz-American cooperation in military-technical field, in fighting with international terrorism and restoring
Afghanistan .
“I am very glad to visit the
Kyrgyz
Republic . The world with a great interest follows events in
Kyrgyzstan ”, - said D.Rumsfeld during the press conference in Bishkek. “I was glad to express our estimations on taking place events in Kyrgyzstan, express high estimations of our cooperation in the frame of military-technical partnership, cooperation in fighting with international terrorism and restoring Afghanistan”, - said D. Rumsfeld.
“I was glad to inform the new government of Kyrgyzstan that the US government wishes the best and great successes in advancing democracy, providing peace and stability in Kygryzstan”, - said D.Rumsfeld.
During the negotiations with D.Rumsfeld the parties discussed issues of political, economic and military cooperation between the two states, said Kyrgyz Prime Minister Kurmanbek Bakiev.
“I am as the Prime Minister emphasized that those agreements, which were concluded between USA and
Kyrgyzstan will fulfill in full measure”, - said K.Bakiev
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Bishkek, April 18. (KABAR). The new political leadership in
Kyrgyzstan today discussed with the visiting OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, a joint OSCE-Kyrgyz workplan to help the country maintain stability. Mr Rupel, who was visiting the Central Asian state for the second time in three weeks, told a press conference in Bishkek that the Acting President and Prime Minister Kurmanbek Bakiyev had positively reacted to the plan and had said the Kyrgyz authorities would examine the workplan thoroughly.
"The workplan we have developed together with the Kyrgyz authorities focuses on such short-term priority areas as maintaining law and order, election assistance, media freedom and business development," Minister Rupel said. "In the longer-term, we aim to concentrate on the rule of law, education, borders and cross-border co-operation, as well as economic development." The presidential elections scheduled for 10 July and the peaceful and democratic transfer of power were essential for the credibility and legitimacy of Kyrgyzstan's democratic institutions and government, as well as for their significance as an example for the whole region, he added.
Minister Rupel said the OSCE stood ready to further assist
Kyrgyzstan in its efforts to improve the electoral code and offered the Organization's expertise, through its Centre in Bishkek and its Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), to help hold free and fair presidential elections. He told journalists that the OSCE might send a few hundred observers during the 10 July presidential election.
Rupel also stressed the importance of initiating a genuine dialogue with the people, through non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the media, at both national and regional levels to clarify the position of the authorities on key issues such as recent land seizures, security and safety of citizens.
The OSCE Chairman asked the Kyrgyz authorities to take immediate and concrete action to fight corruption and organized crime in order to have a visible and immediate impact among the business community and the citizens.
He held separate talks with Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Acting Foreign Minister Roza Otunbaeva, and the Speaker of Parliament, Omurbek Tekebaev.
These talks were preceded by a meeting with leaders of political parties, who expressed a degree of dissatisfaction with the political process which has followed the March events. A major complaint was made against corruption and the "buying of seats" in Parliament.
At a separate meeting, NGO representatives informed Minister Rupel of their concerns over such issues as the coming elections, a rapid increase in organized crime, corruption, inter-ethnic tensions in some areas of the country and the illegal occupation of land.
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office was accompanied by his Personal Representative on Central Asia, Alojz Peterle, and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, during his to Bishkek, the first leg of his Central Asia visit, which will also include Tajikistan and
Turkmenistan
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Bishkek, April 18. (KABAR). USAID and Open Society Institute allocated 15 million dollars to the
American
University - Central Asia (AUCA).
Collaborator for public relations of AUCA Marat Yusupov told “Kabar” that the endowment's assets will be managed by the Indiana University Foundation and will help pay for the university's operating costs.
The U.S. Agency for International Development will provide $10 million, and the Open Society Institute, founded by philanthropist George Soros, will provide the remainder. Housed in a building that once was the home of
Kyrgyzstan 's Communist Party, the 1,100 students study business administration, economics, Western legal and political systems, and journalism. The university is the first and only one in the region that operates according to the American university model with a credit-hour system and American-style curriculum.
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Bishkek, April 18. (KABAR). Lately there was a reduction of criminality in Bishkek thanks to militia duty, controlling the capital and its suburbs in connection with illegal land seizure. Acting Minister of Interior Affairs Myktybek Abdyldaev informed it. According to him, he ordered to provide protection of public order and strengthen patrol. Thus, militia, soldiers and voluntary national teams patrol the capital.
According to M.Abdyldaev, employees of law-enforcement bodies talk with those groups who wish to get land illegally.
Concerning issues of distributing leaflets in Bishkek, M.Abdyldaev said that their actual presence is in doubt. “Mainly it threatens in the oral form or through Internet”, he added.
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