ISLAMABAD: Blaming a small group of legal components behind violent clashes that left some Pakistani college students injured in Bishkek, the Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan in Islamabad, Ulanbek Totuiaev stated the chief and 9 officers of the Inside Affairs Directorate of the Sverdlovsk area have been faraway from their positions after riots on the evening of Could 18.
“Don’t let an remoted occasion put you off from visiting Kyrgyzstan. The incident doesn’t mirror the general security of the nation or the nice and cozy hospitality of the Kyrgyz folks,” Ambassador Ulanbek Totuiaev stated at a press briefing held on the Embassy of Kyrgyzstan.
About 10 days in the past, a battle broke out between native and overseas residents in one of many hostels within the jap a part of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The police opened a legal case below the article “hooliganism” of the Felony Code of the Kyrgyz Republic and all individuals within the brawl have been taken to the police division.
On Could 17, a video of the battle and injured Kyrgyz residents was revealed on one of many social media pages, on account of which on the evening of Could 18, in Bishkek a mob gathered demanding that the foreigners be delivered to justice.
Ambassador says 4 overseas nationals, 10 locals detained after riots
“From the second details about the incident was acquired, regulation enforcement companies of the Kyrgyz Republic took immediate measures to detain individuals concerned within the occasion…4 Egyptian residents and round 10 residents of the Kyrgyz Republic. The chief and 9 officers of the Inside Affairs Directorate of the Sverdlovsk area have been faraway from their positions after riots on the evening of Could 18,” the Kyrgyz envoy stated. He claimed that the scenario was utterly below the management of regulation enforcement companies and the security of residents and public order have been ensured.
There have been no critically injured folks among the many individuals of the incident, stated Ulanbek Totuiaev, including, “On the similar time, the embassy urges representatives of the mass media to not disseminate unreliable and unverified data.”
He stated that the Ministry of Overseas Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic knowledgeable that “damaging forces in overseas mass media, social networks, particularly within the territory of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan intentionally unfold completely false data” in regards to the scenario within the Kyrgyz Republic that didn’t correspond to actuality.
Ambassador Ulanbek Totuiaev described varied conferences at totally different boards between authorities officers of each nations assuring help and cooperation.
On Could 18, Deputy Minister of Overseas Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Almaz Imangaziev met Pakistan’s Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Hassan Ali Zaigham to debate the incident involving overseas residents, together with Pakistani college students, in Bishkek. The Kyrgyz authorities assured that the scenario was below management and requested Pakistan to stop the unfold of misinformation.
On Could 19, Deputy Minister Avazbek Atakhanov and Ambassador Zaigham expressed gratitude for the help supplied and reiterated the dedication to sustaining order. They agreed on a future assembly between their overseas ministers in the course of the SCO Council in Astana.
In Astana on Could 21, a bilateral assembly centered on enhancing financial, cultural, and humanitarian cooperation. Overseas Minister Ishaq Dar later made a quick cease in Bishkek to go to Pakistani residents and met Kyrgyz officers, together with Deputy Chairman Edil Baisalov. Each side emphasised the pleasant relations and the necessity for justice relating to the incident. The Kyrgyz official stated in the course of the briefing that the 2 sides reaffirmed their robust bilateral ties following the incident in Bishkek.
He burdened the “deep historic, cultural, and spiritual connections” between the 2 nations and highlighted the longstanding friendship and quite a few cooperative efforts between Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan inside regional and worldwide frameworks.
Printed in Daybreak, Could thirtieth, 2024