Kyrgyz Uzbeks call for voting for incumbent in presidential poll

Excerpt from report by the Kyrgyz news agency Kabar on 23rd October

Bishkek, 23rd October: A congress of the [ethnic] Uzbeks living in Kyrgyzstan has adopted an appeal to the entire people of the country, calling to support the incumbent Kyrgyz president, Askar Akayev, in the forthcoming presidential elections.

The congress was held in the town of Osh and was attended by representatives of the 800,000-strong Uzbek population of Kyrgyzstan. The event was organized by the Uzbek national and cultural centre headed by a deputy of the Supreme Council [parliament], academician Muhamadzhan Mamasaidov, jointly with the Society of Uzbeks of Osh Region, which is headed by a parliament deputy, Davran Sabirov.

[Passage to end omitted: the secretary of state presented state awards to 15 Uzbeks; the congress participants said they would fight for stability]

Source: Kabar news agency, Bishkek, in Russian 1307 gmt 23 Oct 00

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