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Church agency warns Kyrgyzstan violence may spread

OSH (ENI) -- The worst conflict in Kyrgyzstan since a revolution in April, may currently be confined to an area around the southern city of Osh, but the international ACT Alliance, an emergency aid and development agency, has warned that the fighting could spread.

    Tatiana Kotova, of the ACT Central Asia Forum, speaking from the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, told the ACT Alliance in Geneva that fighting between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks could easily escalate in the central Asia region that is often described as a forgotten corner of the world.
    "It is important that fragile democratic processes are supported not only in
Kyrgyzstan but also in neighboring central Asian countries," said Kotova....

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