<br/>The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is to send a 52-strong police force to southern Kyrgyzstan, after inter-ethnic clashes. High-level diplomats from the OSCE's 56 member states agreed the move at a summit in neighbouring Kazakhstan.<br/><br/>Up to 2,000 people may have died last month in violence between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks. Tens of thousands were displaced, and tensions remain high. Speaking ahead of the summit yesterday, Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva said the OSCE force would be mainly responsible for training local police.
News On AIR | July 17, 2010 11:17 AM
Forces in Kyrgyzstan after ethnic clashes