By empty (3/9/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The mayor\'s office of Osh, Kyrgyzstan\'s second-largest city, is ready to introduce a state of emergency due to an unsanctioned protest organized by the opposition on the city\'s central square, Osh Mayor Satyvaldy Chyrmashev told a press conference on Wednesday. \"The city\'s authorities are ready to do everything necessary to preserve calm among Osh\'s 500,000 citizens,\" Chyrmashev said. The city\'s authorities are currently negotiating with the rally organizers, Chyrmashev 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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