AID ARRIVES IN SOUTHERN KYRGYZSTAN
Baku, June 17 (AZERTAC). Foreign aid deliveries are slowly flowing into southern Kyrgyzstan Thursday, in hopes of reaching the hundreds of thousands displaced by deadly ethnic clashes, according to VOA.
The violence that erupted on June 10 has killed more than 190 people in the past six days. But a relative calm has enveloped the southern cities of Osh and Jalalabad.
Kyrgyzstan is in its second of three days of mourning for those killed in the violence. Flags flew at half-staff Wednesday as Kyrgyzstan troops patrolled the streets of Osh.
The first two planes carrying emergency supplies landed in neighboring Uzbekistan Wednesday, and the U.N. refugee agency said planes will bring 240 tons of supplies by the end of the week. These items will include tents, blankets and sleeping mats.
The clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks have forced more than 200,000 people - most of them ethnic Uzbeks - to flee their homes, with many crossing into Uzbekistan or massing near the border.
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