The below article may help to explain a lot about the...

The below article may help to explain a lot about the extraordinary behaviour of the Kyrgyz government with relation to CGX's Taldy Bulak and Oxus PLC's Jerooy gold deposits.

Fingers crossed, that positive changes occur soon within the Kyrgyz Government as the corruption and criminal links suggested by the article gets wiped out.


BISHKEK, May 2 (Reuters) - The European Union urged
Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday to prevent criminal gangs from
infiltrating politics and expressed concern over growing
violence in the impoverished Central Asian state.
Kyrgyzstan has been in a volatile state since a coup ousted
Soviet-era leader Askar Akayev in March 2005. Gang violence is
commonplace, the economy is shrinking, and people are
increasingly disillusioned with the new government.
"There are worrying indications that circles connected
with organised crime are attempting to gain influence over
political life and state institutions in Kyrgyzstan," the EU
representation to Kyrgyzstan said in a statement.
"We urge the Kyrgyz side to withstand such attempts with all
available legal means, and to pursue with determination and
vigour its course towards a free, participatory democracy,
representing the will of the Kyrgyz people."
President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who came to power after the
coup and was hugely popular at the time, has been deserted by
his former allies who accuse his government of having links to
the criminal world and failing to bring law and order.
The West is closely watching developments in Kyrgyzstan
where both the United States and Russia have military airbases.
Since Akayev's ouster, several high-profile politicians have
been murdered and there have been outbreaks of gang violence
that the government has failed to quell.
"We are concerned that this violence leads to a climate of
insecurity and intimidation that could undermine the efforts
undertaken by Kyrgyzstan to build a stable, inclusive and
prospering democracy," the EU embassy said.
((Writing by Maria Golovnina, [email protected],
[email protected] +7 3272 508500))
Keywords: KYRGYZSTAN EU

Tuesday 02 May 2006 19:32:04 AEST