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KYRGYZSTAN DENOUNCES COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH U.S.
키르기스스탄 국외연구자료 기타 Arslan Sabyrbekov The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst 발간일 : 2015-08-27 등록일 : 2015-09-18 원문링크
Summary: On July 21, Kyrgyzstan’s Prime Minister Tamar Sariev signed a government decree, unilaterally terminating the 1993 cooperation framework agreement with the U.S. Bishkek’s decision came as a reaction to the State Department’s decision to reward Azimjan Askarov with the Human Rights Defender Award. To Kyrgyz officials, Askarov is an ethnic Uzbek political activist serving a life sentence for organizing and taking part in the mass riots in Southern Kyrgyzstan in June 2010. In its official protest note to Washington, Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has referred to him as “a symbol of disruption” and described the award as evidence of an attempt to undermine the country’s unity.