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OSCE Permanent Council reiterates offer to assist Kyrgyzstan

2 July 2010
A market stall is set up outside a burnt-out building in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, as people try to rebuild their lives following the violent unrest there in June. (OSCE/Ruslan Izmaylov) Photo details

VIENNA, 2 July 2010 - The OSCE Permanent Council adopted a statement today that expressed its readiness to assist Kyrgyzstan and called for a quick conclusion of negotiations with Kyrgyzstan's authorities.

The statement said the Permanent Council "expresses its readiness to consider the early deployment of a Police Task Force to Kyrgyzstan and calls for the swift conclusion of the negotiations with the competent Kyrgyzstani authorities so that the Permanent Council can take an appropriate decision".

The statement, adopted unanimously by representatives from the 56 OSCE participating States, took note of an OSCE Needs Assessment Mission that recently visited Kyrgyzstan. It also recalled that the Permanent Council in June had offered "to assist Kyrgyzstan upon its request in resolving the current crisis, preventing the spillover of tensions in the region and in promoting post-conflict rehabilitation".