From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Fri Feb 28 2003 - 14:36:18 EST
RFE/RL KYRGYZ NEWS
28 FEBRUARY 2003, FRIDAY
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A Daily Review of News from Kyrgyzstan
1. Kyrgyz Court Rejects Appeal on Land Deal with China
2. Uzbekistan Rejects Kyrgyz Calls for De-Mining
3. Human Right Campaigner Edil Baisalov Is Forced To Go To Military
Hospital
4. IMF Mission Arrives In Bishkek
1. Kyrgyz Court Rejects Appeal on Land Deal with China
BISHKEK. Kyrgyzstan's Constitutional Court today rejected an appeal by
11
lawmakers to rule against the ratification of deal whereby Kyrgyzstan
ceded
some 1,250 square kilometers of land to China.
The 11 deputies argued that the border agreements signed between
Kyrgyzstan
and China in 1996 and 1999 were never properly discussed by parliament
and
the draft law and adopted text of the law on ratification did not
mention giving
territory to China.
The land deal proved extremely unpopular among the citizens of
Kyrgyzstan and
was one of the complaints during protests last year in Kyrgyzstan
organized by
the opposition.
But the court today ruled the law on ratification of agreements was not
against
the Constitution. The court further ruled that both chambers of
parliament did not
exceed their authority when they adopted the law last year.
2. Uzbekistan Rejects Kyrgyz Calls for De-Mining
BISHKEK/TASHKENT. Uzbekistan has rejected a call by Kyrgyzstan to remove
mines along their border. Qodir Yusupov, a spokesman for the Uzbek
Foreign
Ministry, yesterday said Uzbekistan insists on retaining the right to
protect its
borders as long as there remains a threat of terrorist attacks.
Yusupov said Uzbekistan also refuses to provide maps of where mines had
been
laid.
However, press service of the Kyrgyzstan foreign ministry said today
that the
Uzbek side did not send any information related to the issue.
Two days ago, Kyrgyzstan formally protested to Uzbekistan after a Kyrgyz
man
died while stepping on a landmine. This was the second time in as many
weeks
that Kyrgyzstan protested to Uzbekistan over border incidents.
3. Human Right Campaigner Edil Baisalov Is Forced To Go To Military
Hospital
BISHKEK. The Lenin district military commissariat summoned the leader of
the
Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society, Edil Baisalov, and forced him
to go to
a military hospital for a medical check-up. Baisalov told RFE/RL today
that the
military commission had decided that he can not serve in compulsory
military
service because of his weak eyesight, but now it is trying to put him in
hospital
against his wishes. 'This is an abuse of my human rights' Baisalov said.
The Coalition, led by Baisalov, made a statement today saying that the
executive
authorities used this method to prevent him to participate at Friday's
round table
organized by Freedom House and to present a paper on human rights abuses
in
Kyrgyzstan.
4. IMF Mission Arrives In Bishkek
BISHKEK. A Mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Tapio
Saavalainen, arrived in Bishkek today. The IMF experts will meet with
the Kyrgyz
officials and assess the results of carrying out the Third tranche of
the current
program for the elimination of poverty and economic development of
Kyrgyzstan.
The mission will evaluate the problems of macroeconomic reforms in the
country
together with the finance ministry. The Executive Council of the IMF
decided to
allocate about $100 million loan to Kyrgyzstan by 2004 for the purposes
of
fighting poverty and helping in economic reforms. The IMF mission
controls the
processes of carrying out of the program twice a year.
(Compiled and translated by Tyntchtykbek Tchoroev
and edited by Bruce Pannier in Prague)
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