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09STATE99030
2009-09-23 21:11:00
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Secretary of State
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OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO KYRGYZ

Tags:  PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KG 
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KG
SUBJECT: OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO KYRGYZ
MINISTER OF INTERIOR MOLDOMUSA KONGATIEV

UNCLAS STATE 099030

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KG
SUBJECT: OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO KYRGYZ
MINISTER OF INTERIOR MOLDOMUSA KONGATIEV


1. (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement
at the September 24 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna.

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Thank you, Madam Chair.

Minister Kongatiev, welcome to the Permanent Council and
thank you for your informative and insightful remarks. We
appreciate your comprehensive assessment of the actions
underway in Kyrgyzstan to reform law enforcement agencies and
the judiciary. The work you cite on police reform and
modernization is an essential component of consolidating
Kyrgyzstan,s progress in rule of law. As you rightly point
out, this involves strengthening not just operational
capacity of the police but also ensuring a role for civil
society oversight of police activity, protection of human
rights in detention centers, and a strong and independent
judiciary.

Kyrgyzstan also has an important role to play in the OSCE,s
regional border projects. The recently opened Customs Academy
in Kyrgyzstan can serve as a focal point for cooperation
among border officials, and we have high expectations that it
will serve to strengthen lines of communication in the region.

We welcome the close cooperation between the OSCE Center in
Bishkek and your ministry. The Center,s programmatic
activities in good governance and anti-corruption, human
rights promotion, legislative assistance, combating
terrorism, conflict prevention, and judicial, penitentiary
and police reform are all noteworthy. None of the Center,s
programs can be successful without the strong support of the
Government of Kyrgyzstan and its active participation as a
stakeholder. This close cooperation is key to helping
Kyrgyzstan advance on the path to democracy, improving
protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and
further developing civil society.

The United States thanks you again, Mr. Minister, for your
visit to the Permanent Council, and for your close
cooperation with the OSCE.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.

End text.
CLINTON