Our non-resident ambassador to Kyrgyzstan (based in Almaty, Kazakhstan) and his staff regularly visit Kyrgyzstan and report on the political situation there. Since the Opposition led demonstrations in Bishkek in April, the political situation in Kyrgyzstan has been more stable. The Opposition failed to achieve its objective of ousting President Bakiev through demonstrations.
We welcome President Bakiev’s initiative to set up a working group under Prime Minister Atambayev to look at further amendment of the constitution and will be monitoring the working group’s discussions.