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Tuesday, 22 March 2005

OSCE CRITICIZES OPPOSITION\'S ACTIONS IN KYRGYZSTAN

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By empty (3/22/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Officials from the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OSCE) have criticized the actions of the local opposition forces in Kyrgyzstan that have triggered disorder and unrest in the southern part of the country, a source close to the OSCE Center in Bishkek told Interfax on Tuesday. \"Representatives from this organization in Bishkek have made harshly critical comments on the opposition\'s actions, assessing them as anti-constitutional and going beyond the acceptable limits,\" the source said. In private conversations, OSCE representatives \"agree that among the motives behind the opposition\'s unfolding destructive actions was the conclusion that the monitoring mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) made following the first round of the elections,\" he said.
Officials from the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OSCE) have criticized the actions of the local opposition forces in Kyrgyzstan that have triggered disorder and unrest in the southern part of the country, a source close to the OSCE Center in Bishkek told Interfax on Tuesday. \"Representatives from this organization in Bishkek have made harshly critical comments on the opposition\'s actions, assessing them as anti-constitutional and going beyond the acceptable limits,\" the source said. In private conversations, OSCE representatives \"agree that among the motives behind the opposition\'s unfolding destructive actions was the conclusion that the monitoring mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) made following the first round of the elections,\" he said. The OSCE Center in Bishkek issued a statement on Monday expressing concern over the way the post-election situation in Kyrgyzstan is developing and to note that the latest events in Dzhalal-Abad and Osh might lead to an escalation of violence and undermine stability, the source said. (Interfax)
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