Tag: Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Open Channels With The Taliban (Bruce Pannier, RFE RL)

A Kyrgyz delegation met with the Taliban's acting Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on September 23. It took Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan a little...

Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyz President Signs Controversial ‘False Information’ Bill Into Law (RFE RL)

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has signed into law the controversial “false information” bill that many domestic and international rights groups have harshly criticized, saying the legislation...

Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan – Work On Water Facility Stops As Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Tensions Rise (RFE RL)

Border officials for Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have discussed the latest developments along the disputed segments of the frontier between the two Central Asian nations...

Russia/Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan/Afghanistan/Defense – Russia redeploys attack aircraft from Kyrgyzstan to Tajikistan for drills on Afghan border (TASS)

TASS writes: A wing of Russian Su-25 ground attack aircraft has redeployed from Russia’s Kant integrated airbase in Kyrgyzstan to Tajikistan for the joint...

Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyzstan moves to nationalise gold mine run by Canadian company ( Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska, Al Jazeera)

In the early 1990s, it was hoped that a large gold mine in eastern Kyrgyzstan, near the Chinese border, would lift the newly independent...

Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan – Border Conflict Compels Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to Look for Foreign Weapons (Fozil Mashrab, The Jamestown Foundation)

Neighboring Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan came close to seeing the outbreak of renewed border clashes on June 4. This danger of fresh violence emerged little...

Kyrgyzstan – The gathering threat to the US in Kyrgyzstan (Atlantic Council)

Supporters of Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister Sadyr Japarov attend a rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on October 15, 2020. The banner reads: "Our President Sadyr Japarov."...

Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan – Kyrgyzstan says 31 killed in clashes at Tajikistan border (Al Jazeera)

Meanwhile, Tajikistan has yet to officially acknowledge any deaths from the clashes, which have raised fears of a larger conflict. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/30/kyrgyzstan-says-31-killed-in-clashes-at-tajikistan-border

Europe/Tajikistan/Kyrgyzstan – EU ‘regrets’ violence on Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border (Euractiv)

Georgi Gotev | EURACTIV.com The EU on Friday (30 April) said it “regretted” a serious escalation of tensions at the border between the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan,...

Kyrgyzstan – Observers from Moscow-led security bloc view Kyrgyzstan referendum as valid, says senator (TASS)

The observers registered high turnout and high rate of support for the proposed constitutional amendments https://tass.com/world/1276635

Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz voters approve expanded powers for president (Euractiv)

Voters in Kyrgyzstan granted sweeping powers to President Sadyr Japarov on Sunday (11 April) in a constitutional referendum that will also allow him to...

(Kyrgyzstan) Kyrgyzstan: Withdraw Problematic Draft Constitution (HRW)

The draft constitution submitted to the Kyrgyz Parliament on February 9, 2021 undermines human rights norms and weakens checks and balances necessary to prevent abuses of...

(Kyrgyzstan) Kyrgyzstan Preparing for Constitutional Reform in Search for Stability (The Jamestown Foundation)

George Voloshin On January 11, the leader of Kyrgyzstan’s most recent revolution, Sadyr Zhaparov, won the presidency in what turned out to be a largely...

(Kyrgyzstan) Kyrgyzstan’s First ‘Islamic’ Party Sparks Controversy (RFE/RL)

By Farangis Najibullah https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan--first-islamic-party-arstanbek-controversy/31081978.html

(Kyrgyzstan) Challenges amid Kyrgyzstan’s return to presidential politics (Matteo Fumagalli, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/21/challenges-amid-kyrgyzstans-return-to-presidential-politics/

(Kyrgyzstan) Sadyr Japarov wins 79.23% of votes in presidential election in Kyrgyzstan (TASS)

Sadyr Japarov won 79.23% of the vote in the early presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan, the Central Election Commission reported on Saturday. "79.23% of voters supported...