PM: Kyrgyz government will not use force to settle situation in Jalal-Abad province
The Kyrgyz government intends to settle the situation in Jalal-Abad province through negotiations, Prime Minister Jantoro Satybaldiyev said during a meeting on the current situation in Jalal-Abad province, KirTAG reported.
About 2,000 protesters had descended upon the Kumtor mine office furthering a protest that began earlier last week to demand that the mine be nationalized and provide more social benefits in the Central Asian state.
The mine, operated by Toronto-based Centerra Gold, is the largest foreign-owned gold mine in the former Soviet Union.
Satibaldiyev said the government is carrying out negotiations with the protesters in Jalal-Abad region.
"The existing conflict situation cannot be resolved through the use of force. We will be trying to normalize the situation through dialogue," he said.
During the meeting, Satybaldiyev commissioned the government members to carry out awareness raising works among the population on the basis of the supervised directions.
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