Doubts about the creation of an international police force for Kyrgyzstan
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is calling for the creation of an international police force, to be deployed in southern Kyrgyzstan, with fire and blood since the ouster of the unpopular President Kurmanbek Bakiyev on April 7. But within organization, headquartered in Vienna, one wonders about the risks inherent in such an operation, while a constitutional referendum to be held Sunday, June 27, in a volatile climate in order to reinforce the authority of the Provisional Government of Roza Otounbaeva. The objective of such a police force, said Kimmo Kiljunen, Special Envoy to Kyrgyzstan's OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, would create an "atmosphere of trust " in a region torn by ethnic riots, which from June 11 to 15, have killed 250 people and precipitated 400,000 others of Uzbek origin, on the paths of exile. Intensive consultations are held between Brussels, Vienna and Madrid, in charge of the rotating presidency of the Union European. Wednesday, Twenty-Seven responded to the proposals of the Secretary-General of OSCE, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, suggesting inter alia to strengthen the permanent mission of the organization in Bishkek, whose leader, Briton Andrew Tesoriere, has played a major role in calming the crisis in April. He also talked of the establishment of such a police force and a unit of border guards in order to delineate the inter-ethnic violence in this one portio n of Central Asia. " We support the deployment of a task force of police ", noted in a statement the English Presidency of the EU, calling for the dispatch of an advance mission to " needs assessment."
Concerns Western
Such a task force attracts little enthusiasm, however, the sei n Western governments, concerned at the idea of dispatching police officers disarmed in a highly unstable, with a mandate more symbolic deterrent. The OSCE, if it has clear powers in of "early warning" and tasks of democratization, also does not afford the operational, human, material and logistics necessary for a mission so dangerous. If Sweden and Norway in favor of the project, which could be reduced to fifty men to a mere technical assistance mission to the Kyrgyz police, By is and other European capitals are reluctant. All agree on " the need to do something ," a source close to the OSCE, provided that it is not a measure "Cosmetic " intended only to maintain the visibility of international organizations on the ground. " will be decided next week in Vienna, Virginia Coulloudon precise, spokesman of the OSCE, of which twenty-five observers only, instead of three hundred hoped, will oversee Sunday's election for lack of have their security guaranteed by the new Kyrgyz power.
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