Situazione estremamente fluida nel paese asiatico sconvolto da violentissimi scontri sia a Bishkek che in altre città
giovedì 8 aprile 2010, di Emanuele G. - 406 letture
Ieri abbiamo pubblicato uno Speciale su quanto stava accadendo nel Kirghizistan. Oggi rendiamo disponibili alcuni interessanti aggiornamenti.
Cominciamo con un articolo apparso su sito internet russo The Moscow Times. Questo per gentile concessione di Internazionale.
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- Russia Recognizes New Kyrgyz Leadership (The Moscow Times - Russia)
08 April 2010 - By Nikolaus von Twickel
Russia on Thursday recognized Kyrgyz opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva as Kyrgyzstan’s new head of government after President Kurmanbek Bakiyev fled the capital.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who earlier denied that Russia played a role in anti-government protests that led to the collapse of Kyrgyzstan’s government on Wednesday, spoke by telephone with Otunbayeva during his trip to Novosibirsk.
"It is important that the conversation was held with her in her role as the head of the government of national confidence," Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, Reuters reported.
"Otunbayeva said she fully controls the situation in the country," he said.
Otunbayeva also told Putin that Kyrgyzstan needed financial assistance because it was in a difficult economic situation, Peskov said, Interfax reported. Putin replied that Russia was ready to provide humanitarian aid, he said.
Moscow previously promised $2 billion in aid to Bakiyev’s government. Otunbayeva told reporters in Bishkek that Bakiyev was in southern Kyrgyzstan trying to rally supporters, and she urged him to resign.
The Kyrgyz Embassy in Moscow said Bakiyev had not quit. "He will address the Kyrgyz people soon," Kyrgyz Ambassador Raimkul Attakurov said, the Aki Press news agency reported.
Kyrgyzstan, an impoverished Central Asian nation of 5.3 million people, is seen as a strategic asset both in Moscow and Washington. It hosts a U.S. air base for supporting troops in Afghanistan, as well as a Russian base.
Otunbayeva said the United States would be allowed to continue using the base.
Bloody clashes between police and anti-government protesters on Wednesday left at least 75 people dead and hundreds injured. (More photos of the protests can be viewed here.)
Putin on Wednesday urged restraint in Kyrgyzstan and denied speculation that Russia had played a role in the unrest. "Neither Russia, nor your humble servant, nor Russian officials have any links whatsoever to these events," Putin said during a visit to Katyn.
He called the unrest “a purely internal matter” and accused Kyrgyzstan’s president of "stepping on the same rake" as his predecessor, Askar Akayev. Both Bakiyev and Akayev incited public anger over alleged widespread corruption and nepotism in their administrations.
Putin on Thursday briefed President Dmitry Medvedev on his phone conversation with Otunbayeva, Interfax reported. Medvedev, who was in Prague to sign a nuclear arms reduction treaty with U.S. President Barack Obama, called for peaceful negotiations in Kyrgyzstan and ordered security to be increased at Russian diplomatic missions.
The Collective Security Treaty Organization, a Moscow-led military alliance within the Commonwealth of Independent States, said it would not intervene.
"The organization’s rapid-response force is not meant to interfere in domestic conflicts in member states," an unidentified alliance official told Interfax.
Konstantin Zatulin, first deputy chairman of the Duma’s Committee on CIS Relations, said the protests showed that Bakiyev had repeated the same mistakes as Akayev.
"He did not keep his word," Zatulin told The Moscow Times, referring to Bakiyev’s promises for change when he led violent protests in 2005 — later dubbed the Tulip Revolution — that prompted Akayev’s ouster.
Akayev, who now lives in Moscow, urged Bakiyev to step down. "The best outcome for the people of Kyrgyzstan would be the resignation of Bakiyev," Akayev said on Ekho Moskvy radio.
Bakiyev’s problem is that he has repressed the opposition just as Akayev had, said Zatulin, a member of United Russia and head of the CIS Institute, a pro-government think tank.
Anton Belyakov, a Just Russia deputy on the CIS committee, put it more bluntly. "Bakiyev was really engaged in government raiding," he told Interfax.
Committee chairman Alexei Ostrovsky called on Kyrgyzstan to implement democratic reforms. "They must take extreme measures to liberalize the political system, guarantee media freedom, including to opposition outlets, and enable the normal development of businesses," the United Russia deputy said, Interfax reported.
Russian opposition leaders were divided about the implications of the protests.
Oleg Kozlovsky, an activist with the Oborona youth movement, said by letting the protests turn violent, the opposition had ceded hopes for another color revolution in a post-Soviet country.
"With such methods they will hardly achieve anything better," he wrote on his Twitter blog.
Speaking to The Moscow Times, he said he was disappointed to see the violence and looting. "These protests are more like spontaneous riots than an organized regime change. This is not what happened in Ukraine," he said.
He was referring to the 2004 Orange Revolution, where mass protests against election fraud brought a new, pro-Western government to power.
But former independent Duma Deputy Vladimir Ryzhkov said Kyrgyzstan’s protests were real.
"These are not riots but real protests, and their single reason is Bakiyev and his politics," he said by telephone.
He said the Kyrgyz government was a classic dictatorship — "oppressive, corrupt and clannish — there are very good grounds to overthrow it."
In Washington, the White House said it was monitoring the situation closely. "We are concerned about reports of violence and looting and call on all parties to refrain from violence and exercise restraint," National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer said, Reuters reported.
Interior Minister Moldomusa Kongantiyev and First Deputy Prime Minister Akylbek Zhaparov were severely beaten by protesters Wednesday in the town of Talas, where the unrest began a day earlier. The Kyrgyz Interior Ministry denied reports that Kongantiyev had died of his injuries.
Online videos showed armed clashes between black-clad protesters and riot police amid gunfire outside government buildings on the rain-soaked streets of Bishkek.
The protesters set fire to the prosecutor’s office and looted state television headquarters. Kyrgyz state television and state-controlled Channel Five suspended broadcasting, Interfax reported.
Protesters also took over regional administration buildings in several cities and installed new governors, opposition activists said.
- Alcuni comunicati stampa emessi oggi dall’Osce (Austria):
* Access to information in Kyrgyzstan should be immediately restored, says OSCE Media Freedom Representative
VIENNA, 7 April 2010 - The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, today called for restoration of information flow by allowing journalists to report on the situation in the country.
Referring to reports that online, print and broadcast media in Kyrgyzstan have been prevented from reporting on the events taking place in the country, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, said:
"The media freedom situation has dramatically deteriorated - information Internet sites have been blocked, media outlets have been closed down and journalists have been attacked. Local and international media should be able to exercise their professional duty of reporting without any hindrances, so that citizens’ right to information is respected."
* OSCE Chairperson-in-Office sends Special Envoy to Kyrgyzstan, discusses situation with UN Secretary-General
ASTANA, 8 April 2010 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan’s Secretary of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kanat Saudabayev, announced today that he has dispatched his Special Envoy, Zhanybek Karibzhanov, to Kyrgyzstan.
Karibzhanov is Deputy Speaker of the Majilis (lower house of Parliament) of Kazakhstan, Chairman of the Kazakh-Kyrgyz inter-parliamentary group and a former Kazakh ambassador. Karibzhanov is expected to arrive in Kyrgyzstan shortly.
Saudabayev also announced that Ambassador Herbert Salber, Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre in Vienna, will travel to Bishkek to support Karibzhanov.
"I express my deepest condolences over the loss of lives during the unrest, and urge the people of Kyrgyzstan to refrain from violence and seek stabilization of the situation as soon as possible through a broad dialogue," said Saudabayev.
Earlier today, Kanat Saudabayev spoke on the phone with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is scheduled to address the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today. Both officials expressed their deepest concern about the situation in Kyrgyzstan.
Saudabayev and Ban agreed to closely co-ordinate their efforts regarding Kyrgyzstan, and also agreed that Karibzhanov and the UN Special Envoy, Jan Kubis, would co-ordinate their activities on the ground in Bishkek.
* UN Secretary-General addresses OSCE, appeals for restraint in Kyrgyzstan
VIENNA, 8 April 2010 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for restraint in Kyrgyzstan, and announced that OSCE and UN special envoys would work closely together to facilitate the restoration of constitutional order in the country at a special session of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today.
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan’s Secretary of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kanat Saudabayev, announced earlier today that he had dispatched his Special Envoy, Zhanybek Karibzhanov, to Bishkek. UN Special Envoy Jan Kubis will also travel to Kyrgyzstan.
"Nothing better illustrates the need for the United Nations and the OSCE to work closely in common cause," said Ban.
Prior to his trip to Vienna, the UN Secretary-General visited Kyrgyzstan as well as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, which holds the 2010 OSCE Chairmanship.
"I am deeply concerned about the violence and shocked by the loss of life which occurred in recent days. I urge restraint; it is time to work urgently on establishing constitutional order," he said.
The UN Secretary-General highlighted the OSCE’s role in regional conflict prevention.
"Through the years, the OSCE has shaped our modern world by promoting dialogue, co-operation and human rights. You helped end the Cold War. You have championed human dignity and empowered your citizens," said Ban.
"The bloodshed in Kyrgyzstan is a deeply troubling reminder of the vital importance of addressing such issues. As the Chairperson-in-Office said yesterday, there are political, economic and social issues underlying the unrest."
In his address to the Permanent Council, Ban commended Kazakhstan for its "historic" Chairmanship as the first post-Soviet and Central Asian state to head the Organization.
He underscored the need to intensify co-operation between the UN and the OSCE, and called for deepening practical co-ordination in five areas - disarmament and non-proliferation, securing peace, election assistance, environment and development, and promoting human rights.
"Greater co-ordination and co-operation between the UN and the OSCE is an important goal, but it is not an end in itself. Our success will not be measured in terms of process or mechanisms, but in the difference we make in peoples’ lives," he said.
"I look forward to continuing to strengthen ties with the OSCE as a crucial partner in our work for a safer, better future for all."
The Permanent Council is a main decision-making body of the 56-country OSCE. It meets weekly in Vienna to discuss developments in the OSCE area and to make appropriate decisions.
- Nuovo comunicato stampa diramato dall’Unione Europea (Belgio):
EUROPEAN UNION Brussels, 8 April 2010 / A 52/10
Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton on the situation in Kyrgyzstan Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission made the following statement:
" I welcome the early signs of stabilisation in Kyrgyzstan and an end to the confrontation. I call on all sides to show continued restraint. A rapid return to public order is essential to avoid further loss of life. I offer my condolences to the families and friends of the many victims.
Kyrgyzstan is now entering a new phase. All sides should be ready to engage in constructive internal dialogue in favour of a united and stable Kyrgyzstan. It is essential to set out how Kyrgyzstan will return rapidly to the democratic and constitutional order and the rule of law.
The EU stands ready to provide urgent humanitarian assistance if necessary. We are in close touch with our main international partners in view of a shared approach to the new situation.”
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