INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DENY \'INTERFERENCE\' IN KYRGYZ ELECTIONS
By empty (1/27/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Representatives of media NGO Internews, the OSCE center in Bishkek, and CIMERA-Kyrgyzstan (a Geneva-based organization that focuses on governance issues) held a news conference in Bishkek on 28 January to deny recent official allegations that international organizations are interfering in the run-up to Kyrgyzstan\'s 27 February parliamentary elections. \" CIMERA-Kyrgyzstan is assisting in raising journalistic skills, but it does not interfere in internal affairs and is not involved in politics,\" said CIMERA-Kyrgyzstan spokesperson Vasilina Brazhko. Held amid rising domestic political tensions, the news conference follows comments Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Askar Aimatov made on 14 January to \"Slovo Kyrgyzstan\" in which he warned that \"direct financial support of opposition parties and movements\" would be \"a direct violation of our internal legislation.Visit also
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