By empty (6/6/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Kyrgyz authorities are considering Uzbek citizens\' requests for refugee status, First Deputy Foreign Minister Taalai Kadyrov told a press briefing on Monday. \"The Kyrgyz authorities will see how Uzbek citizens, who are temporarily staying in the republic, correspond to the refugee status,\" he said. The Kyrgyz and Uzbek foreign ministers had consultations in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh on June 4, he said.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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