The head of the Tajik diaspora in Kyrgyzstan, Mavlyanzhan Abdurazzakov, refuted the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan that cases of harassment, intimidation, discrimination and persecution of citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan and ethnic Tajiks have allegedly become more frequent in the Kyrgyz Republic. He told about it to 24.kg news agency.
Abdurazzakov noted that after reading the information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, he turned to the Embassy of Tajikistan in Kyrgyzstan.
«No one oppresses the ethnic Tajiks in Kyrgyzstan. I live in Uch-Korgon village, Kadamdzhai district, 80 percent of the population here are the Tajiks. Yes, we received the evacuated residents of Batken region. But it was voluntary. Nobody forced us,» Mavlyanzhan Abdurazzakov said.
According to him, during all this time there was not a single report of harassment or the use of force on ethnic grounds.
«The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan says that we are forced to collect money to help the victims in Batken. There was nothing like that. Everything is done voluntarily. For example, my colleagues decided to transfer their one-day salary to help the people in Batken,» the head of the diaspora said.
Emergency situation has been introduced in Batken region. Shooting began at several sites of the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on the morning of September 16. Settlements in Leilek and Batken district came under fire. The Ministry of Health reported 198 victims, 59 people were killed. As a result of the armed conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, residents of seven villages in Batken and Leilek districts, as well as Dzhekendi village in Chon-Alai district of Osh region, left their homes.
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Kyrgyzstan opened a criminal case on crimes against peace.
