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| Govt to help Indian students trapped in Kyrgyz-Uzbek violence | | |
ABID SHAH
EARLY TIMES REPORT
NEW DELHI, June 14: Over a hundred Indians are trapped in the worst ethnic violence raging in southern parts of Kyrgyzstan since weekend when clashes broke out between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks leading to large scale exodus by the latter to neighbouring Uzbekistan.
In the wake of this, the External Affairs Ministry issued a statement in New Delhi today confirming Indians, mostly students, being trapped amid violence hitting the Central Asian republic.
The Ministry statement said that "about 116 Indian nationals are stranded in Southern Kyrgyzstan, due to the ongoing difficult law and order situation. These include around 15 students in the city of Jalal-Abad and around 99 students, a professor and a businessman, in the city of Osh.
"Our Mission is in close and regular touch with several of the Indian nationals, as well as with relevant departments of the Kyrgyz Government, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and security agencies.
"Everything possible is being done to ensure the safety and well-being of the Indian nationals, within the constraints posed by the difficult ground situation. Our Mission in Bishkek is monitoring the developments closely and additional steps would be taken as soon as the situation becomes more conducive."
From India mostly students go to Kyrgyzstan to often study medicine and get trained as doctors. Their being caught in the unforeseen ethnic and political violence has been causing concern back home. And the Indian Government is likely to try to evacuate them from the embattled zone they are trapped in.
According to reports reaching here, Pakistan that has more students in Kyrgyzstan than India plans to send a military aircraft today to take back its citizens trapped in the violence. So far one Pakistani has been killed in the violence and a few others have been abducted by rioters.
The interim Government in Kyrgyzstan has been seeking military help from Russia that has a military base in the area which Russians are trying to secure by sending paratroopers. Yet Russia has thus far not given any help to quell rioting in the Southern parts of Kyrgyzstan.
The present riots are a sequel to April's bloody uprising that ousted former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. He soon fled the country and has been living in exile in Belarus. Ever since the Uzbeks back the interim Government while Kyrgyz in the South supported the deposed President.
In the wake of the current wave of rioting Bakiyev has denied any hand in the unrest while the interim President Roza Otunbayeva blames the predecessor and his family for instigation.
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