Kyrgyz military to escort Chinese nationals to Osh airport
Kyrgyz military to escort Chinese nationals to Osh airport - GlobalTimes
* Source: Xinhua
* [22:16 June 14 2010]
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The Kyrgyz troops are ready to escort Chinese citizens to the airport in the country's southern city of Osh, said a Chinese official on Monday.
Liu Hong, deputy Chinese military attache with China's embassy in Kyrgyzstan, said in an interview with Xinhua that the military will use armored vehicles to escort Chinese citizens to Osh airport.
Yang Caiping, director of Chinese business association in southern Kyrgyzstan told Xinhua in a telephone conversation that about 500 Chinese nationals in Osh and Karasuu are planning to go home.
Chinese nationals in Osh will fly back to China on Monday and those in Karasuu will return home later, Yang added.
China on Monday dispatched a chartered plane to bring home Chinese nationals in Kyrgyzstan. The chartered plane left Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Monday evening and is expected to back at night, diplomatic resources said.
The violence in the southern cities of Osh and Jalalabad began last Thursday and escalated over the weekend, with the death toll rising to 124 and thousands of refugees fleeing to neighboring Uzbekistan.
The interim government declared a curfew and an emergency state on early June 11 in the Osh region.
The Russian government declined a request by the interim regime to quell the unrest, but it sent a battalion of paratroopers Sunday to protect the facilities at a military base in northern Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyz military to escort Chinese nationals to Osh airport - GlobalTimes
* Source: Xinhua
* [22:16 June 14 2010]
* Comments
The Kyrgyz troops are ready to escort Chinese citizens to the airport in the country's southern city of Osh, said a Chinese official on Monday.
Liu Hong, deputy Chinese military attache with China's embassy in Kyrgyzstan, said in an interview with Xinhua that the military will use armored vehicles to escort Chinese citizens to Osh airport.
Yang Caiping, director of Chinese business association in southern Kyrgyzstan told Xinhua in a telephone conversation that about 500 Chinese nationals in Osh and Karasuu are planning to go home.
Chinese nationals in Osh will fly back to China on Monday and those in Karasuu will return home later, Yang added.
China on Monday dispatched a chartered plane to bring home Chinese nationals in Kyrgyzstan. The chartered plane left Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Monday evening and is expected to back at night, diplomatic resources said.
The violence in the southern cities of Osh and Jalalabad began last Thursday and escalated over the weekend, with the death toll rising to 124 and thousands of refugees fleeing to neighboring Uzbekistan.
The interim government declared a curfew and an emergency state on early June 11 in the Osh region.
The Russian government declined a request by the interim regime to quell the unrest, but it sent a battalion of paratroopers Sunday to protect the facilities at a military base in northern Kyrgyzstan.
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