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OSCE special envoy Alojz Peterle met with acting First Deputy Prime Minister Kulov on 18 July to discuss Kyrgyzstan\'s recent presidential election and the country\'s progress toward democracy, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. Peterle commented, \"I\'m more than pleased that the [Kyrgyz presidential] elections were done in that way as they were done.\" He added that he feels that the new government is \"preparing themselves to do what is necessary to be done for the benefit of the country.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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