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Wednesday, 12 November 2003
INHABITANTS OF UZBEK EXCLAVE DEMAND REMOVAL OF KYRGYZ BORDER POST
By empty (11/12/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
About 100 inhabitants of the Uzbek exclave of Sokh, located in Kyrgyzstan\'s Batken Oblast, gathered at the Kyrgyz border post on the road from Sokh to Uzbekistan on 11 November and demanded that the post be removed, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported the same day. The protesters were met by the deputy governors of Batken Oblast and Uzbekistan\'s Ferghana Oblast, who explained that the post is legal and persuaded the crowd to disperse. In recent years, Uzbekistan has tried to persuade Kyrgyzstan to cede land for the creation of corridors linking the Uzbek exclaves to Uzbekistan, but the Kyrgyz side has refused.
About 100 inhabitants of the Uzbek exclave of Sokh, located in Kyrgyzstan\'s Batken Oblast, gathered at the Kyrgyz border post on the road from Sokh to Uzbekistan on 11 November and demanded that the post be removed, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported the same day. The protesters were met by the deputy governors of Batken Oblast and Uzbekistan\'s Ferghana Oblast, who explained that the post is legal and persuaded the crowd to disperse. In recent years, Uzbekistan has tried to persuade Kyrgyzstan to cede land for the creation of corridors linking the Uzbek exclaves to Uzbekistan, but the Kyrgyz side has refused. (RFE/RL)