Subject: Fwd: DOSTRAVEL Kyrgyzstan Public Announcement 08/13/99
From: John Schoeberlein (schoeber@fas.harvard.edu)
Date: Sun Aug 15 1999 - 12:42:48 EDT
>Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 15:15:38 CDT
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>Subject: DOSTRAVEL Kyrgyzstan Public Announcement 08/13/99
>To: DOSTRAVEL@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
>
>Kyrgyzstan - Public Announcement
>August 13, 1999
>
>On August 10, the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek issued the following warden
>message to Americans residing in the country:
>
>Local press reported August 9 that a group of unidentified armed Uzbeks
>from Namangan, Uzbekistan entered the Batken Rayon (135 km. west of
>Kyzyl-Kiyal) on August 6 from Tajikistan. The group kidnapped four
>Kyrgyz citizens (the Akim of Batken and three other government
>officials). The group has requested unhindered passage through
>Kyrgyzstan to the Uzbek border. Senior Kyrgyz military and security
>officials are in Batken to deal with the situation. U.S. citizens
>should avoid traveling to this area.
>
>Americans traveling to or residing in Kyrgyzstan are urged to contact
>the U.S. Embassy for up-to-date information on security developments.
>For further information on travel to Kyrgyzstan, please consult the
>latest Department of State Consular Information Sheet on Kyrgyzstan.
>
>This Public Announcement expires on September 10, 1999.
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