VIOLENCE ERUPTED IN SOUTH KYRGYSTAN TARGETING THE MINORITY USHEKS

VIOLENCE ERUPTED IN

SOUTH KYRGYSTAN TARGETING THE MINORITY USHEKS

Russsian president Dmitry Medvedev ordered the Russian Emergency situations ministry to fly 120 tonnes of relief aid to kyrgzstan.

Usbekistan closed the border with Kyrgystan after receiving 83,000 ethnic Usbek residents of Kyrgzstan who fled violence. Usbek authorities said they could not accommodate any more refugees even as the United Nations estimated that up to 1,00,000 people were waiting to cross the Kyrgystan border to Usbekistan.

Kyrgyzstan’s interim government declared on Wednesday(16^th June,2010) a day of mourning for the victims of ethnic violence targeting the Uzbek population. Death toll could be higher in Kyrgyzstan.

Prof. John Kurakar