Bishkek, Sept. 23, 2022. / Kabar /. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan made a statement on Wednesday about cases of harassment, intimidation, discrimination and persecution of Tajik citizens and ethnic Tajiks residing in Kyrgyzstan that have allegedly increased in recent days.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic noted that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the neighboring republic does not leave attempts to put Kyrgyzstan in an unpleasant light before the world community, forgetting that by doing so they contradict themselves.
The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan indicated that commercial shops of ethnic Tajiks were closed in the Kadamzhai district, and citizens of Kyrgyzstan evacuated from the border areas were purposefully placed in the homes of ethnic Tajiks. During the check, the information about the closure of shops was not confirmed, as for the placement of evacuees in the houses of ethnic Tajiks, they did it voluntarily.
No one has the right to condemn them for taking an active position in society, the report said.
Also, the information that the correspondent of the Kyrgyz service of Radio Liberty, Nasibakhon Davronbekova, an ethnic Tajik, was beaten in Osh region by unknown persons on ethnic grounds, is also not true.
Citizen Davronbek Nasibkhonov, who is a journalist, expressed his position on social networks. He said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan added his name on their website, emphasizing as an ethnic Tajik and an employee of the Radio Liberty service. “But I am a man and have nothing to do with this media, and I don’t want the Tajik Foreign Ministry to use my name for political purposes, I have nothing to do with this country,” he wrote.
The Information that the law enforcement agencies of Kyrgyzstan are planning to deport more than 500 students - citizens of Tajikistan studying in higher educational institutions in the Osh region, was not confirmed.
Since the armed conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, law enforcement agencies have ensured the safety of citizens of Tajik nationality studying in higher educational institutions in Bishkek and other cities.
Employees of the internal affairs bodies regularly contact university professors and students. The guarding of the embassies of foreign states, including Tajikistan, is carried out in an enhanced mode.
The widespread information about the delivery of a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan A. Aliyev on September 19, 2022 to the department of internal affairs of the Leninsky district of Bishkek for interrogation was not confirmed.
Reports about pressure and threats against Tajik citizens temporarily working in our country in order to force them to transfer money to victims in the Batken region are in no way true. It is the right of every citizen to take part or not to take part in fundraising for the victims, no one has the right to force, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
Also, other information about the harassment of citizens of Tajik nationality was not confirmed.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic did not find any confirmation of the disseminated information about cases of harassment, intimidation, discrimination or persecution of citizens of Tajikistan and ethnic Tajiks residing in the territory of Kyrgyzstan.
The corresponding reports are disinformation, while we emphasize that recently the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan has been actively and purposefully disseminating false information.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic considers the allegations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan about harassment based on ethnicity as unfounded.
We are convinced that the world community should receive verified and reliable information, but not deliberately distorted and false, which is provided by the Foreign Ministry of Tajikistan, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
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