Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BISHKEK556
2009-06-03 10:08:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Bishkek
Cable title:
KYRGYZ SOUTH SEEMS QUIET DESPITE CROSS-BORDER
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BISHKEK 000556
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/03/2019
TAGS: PGOV PTER KG
SUBJECT: KYRGYZ SOUTH SEEMS QUIET DESPITE CROSS-BORDER
UZBEK EVENTS
REF: A. BISHKEK 816
B. TASHKENT 823
Classified By: Classified By: Amb. Tatiana C. Gfoeller, Reasons 1.4 (b)
and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BISHKEK 000556
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/03/2019
TAGS: PGOV PTER KG
SUBJECT: KYRGYZ SOUTH SEEMS QUIET DESPITE CROSS-BORDER
UZBEK EVENTS
REF: A. BISHKEK 816
B. TASHKENT 823
Classified By: Classified By: Amb. Tatiana C. Gfoeller, Reasons 1.4 (b)
and (d).
1. (C) Emboff noticed a slightly enhanced police presence
during a May 28-30 visit to southern Kyrgyzstan, just across
the border from where terrorist attacks took place May 26 in
Khanabad, eastern Uzbekistan (Ref B). The airport in Osh,
the largest city in Kyrgyzstan's South, was quiet with no
abnormal police activity. However, the road between the
airport and the city had a major checkpoint to inspect
vehicle traffic. The checkpoint consisted of at least four
people -- one traffic policeman in the middle of the road,
one heavily armed militia employee, and two plain-clothed
officials at the side of the road.
2. (C) The main roads running along the border with
Uzbekistan between Osh, Uzgen, and Jalalabad seemed to have
more traffic police on them than usual, though the police
were passively observing vehicles from a distance without
stopping them. Major city centers, including government
buildings, did not have a noticeable police presence.
3. (C) Emboff's driver believed that the airport checkpoint
was because of the attacks in Uzbekistan, and he said he
expected further checkpoints (which did not materialize). He
had heard rumors from other drivers of possible road
closures, but Emboff did not encounter any. No one else
mentioned the Uzbek events during three days of meetings with
educational officials, alumni, or during public film showings.
GFOELLER
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/03/2019
TAGS: PGOV PTER KG
SUBJECT: KYRGYZ SOUTH SEEMS QUIET DESPITE CROSS-BORDER
UZBEK EVENTS
REF: A. BISHKEK 816
B. TASHKENT 823
Classified By: Classified By: Amb. Tatiana C. Gfoeller, Reasons 1.4 (b)
and (d).
1. (C) Emboff noticed a slightly enhanced police presence
during a May 28-30 visit to southern Kyrgyzstan, just across
the border from where terrorist attacks took place May 26 in
Khanabad, eastern Uzbekistan (Ref B). The airport in Osh,
the largest city in Kyrgyzstan's South, was quiet with no
abnormal police activity. However, the road between the
airport and the city had a major checkpoint to inspect
vehicle traffic. The checkpoint consisted of at least four
people -- one traffic policeman in the middle of the road,
one heavily armed militia employee, and two plain-clothed
officials at the side of the road.
2. (C) The main roads running along the border with
Uzbekistan between Osh, Uzgen, and Jalalabad seemed to have
more traffic police on them than usual, though the police
were passively observing vehicles from a distance without
stopping them. Major city centers, including government
buildings, did not have a noticeable police presence.
3. (C) Emboff's driver believed that the airport checkpoint
was because of the attacks in Uzbekistan, and he said he
expected further checkpoints (which did not materialize). He
had heard rumors from other drivers of possible road
closures, but Emboff did not encounter any. No one else
mentioned the Uzbek events during three days of meetings with
educational officials, alumni, or during public film showings.
GFOELLER