Int'l organizations coordinate aid on Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on Sunday agreed to coordinate efforts in helping Kyrgyzstan, said a CSTO spokesman.

Valery Semerikov, CSTO deputy general secretary, Jan Kubis, special envoy for Kyrgyzstan of the UN Secretary General, and Zhanybek Karibzhanov, OSCE special representative and Deputy Speaker of the Kazakh parliament, held talks here Sunday, said the spokesman.

They exchanged views on the current Kyrgyz situation, and reached consensus on coordinating efforts to support and help the impoverished Central Asian country.

Only if all international organizations would pool efforts to give comprehensive assistance to Kyrgyzstan, could the country walk out of crisis and retain normal order, said the spokesman.

Meanwhile Deputy Prime Minister Omurbek Tekebayev held meeting with special representative of the European Union (EU) Pierre Morel the same day.

Morel voiced concerns on situations in southern Kyrgyzstan, while calling on relevant parties to actively seek ways to stabilize Kyrgyz political situation and to maintain regional peace.

Latest figures from the interim health ministry put the death toll at 81.

Earlier this week, thousands of protesters clashed with security forces throughout the country, driving out local governments and seizing government headquarters in Bishkek.

President Kurmanbek Bakiyev fled the capital to southern Kyrgyzstan and opposition parties formed an interim government led by Otunbayeva, the former foreign minister, on Thursday.