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TOPIC: Emerging humanitarian crisis in Kyrgyzstan (Indian Express 6/16/10)

Jen the Michigander

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Date: Jun 16, 2010

Emerging humanitarian crisis in Kyrgyzstan (Indian Express 6/16/10)	Permalink

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/emerging-humanitarian-crisis-in-kyrgyzstan-us/634505/ Observing that the situation in Kyrgyzstan is tense especially along the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border, US which is in touch with several countries in the region including Russia has said there is an emerging humanitarian crisis in this Central Asian republic. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake who is in the region, spoke with the Interim President Roza Otunbayeva to get updated on the current situation there and discussed efforts internationally to provide assistance to Kyrgyzstan. Blake will be going to Tashkent today from where he will then travel down to the Fergana Valley to see firsthand the current situation involving individuals who have crossed over the border between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan and evaluate directly the humanitarian situation there. "We are in consultations with internationally and through the UN and Red Cross about potential offers of humanitarian assistance," State Department spokesman, P J Crowley, said. At the direction of the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, Blake will be in Bishkek on Friday and Saturday for direct consultations with the Kyrgyz Government. "Thus so far, we've provided just under a million dollars in humanitarian assistance in the form of medical emergency supplies, bandages, surgical instruments, and clothing. We're prepared to airlift medicines as needed," he said. "We recognize that with various estimates of up to tens of thousands of people displaced on both sides of the Uzbek-Kyrgyzstan border, they're going to have dramatic humanitarian needs in the very near term, and we're in discussions as to how to best help them meet those needs," Crowley said. __________________ Nobody puts THIS baby in the corner!

freespirit

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Date: Jun 16, 2010

Thanks for this info, Jen. I've been unable to be online much for the last day or so, and had not been aware of this situation. Sounds like Hillary will be even busier.

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