Kyrgyz interim government promises no civil war, further bloodshed
15/04/201013:00
BISHKEK, April 15 (RIA Novosti) - The Kyrgyz provisional government will not allow further bloodshed or a civil war to develop in the country, interim Deputy Prime Minister Temir Sariyev said at a press conference on Thursday.
"There will be no civil war in Kyrgyzstan," he said, commenting on the possibility of a conflict between the southern and northern regions of the country.
He said law enforcers had been sent to the South, which is ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's traditional power-base, to control the situation.
"Law enforcers will not shoot at civilians and we will not allow any bloodshed," Sariyev said.
Protests began in the northwestern Kyrgyz town of Talas and spread to other regions of the country including the capital, Bishkek last week. Over 80 people were killed and more than 1,500 people were injured.
Sariyev also added that southern regions have already acknowledged the new power and are ready to collaborate with it.
He said the vast majority from the South "does not support" Bakiyev.
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