男友太凶猛1v1高h,大地资源在线资源免费观看 ,人妻少妇精品视频二区,极度sm残忍bdsm变态

 
  | Home | News| Living in China| MMS | SMS | About us | Contact us|
   
 Language Tips > VOA Normal speed news



US calls for talks to resolve Kyrgyzstan election crisis
David Gollust 

 

 Listen to this story

The public protests in Kyrgyzstan are drawing comparisons to post-election demonstrations that led to sweeping democratic change in Ukraine and Georgia.

But officials here say firebomb attacks and other acts of violence being attributed to anti-government protesters in Kyrgyzstan were not observed elsewhere and are "detracting" from the opposition's message.

At a news briefing, State Department Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli reiterated a State Department appeal, first made Sunday, for the government and opposition to refrain from violence and engage in dialogue to resolve differences stemming from the elections peacefully.

He said it is "critical" that the government of President Askar Akayev address alleged election irregularities in ways that are transparent and legal.

He said the United States is pressing the government and opposition to meet as soon as possible to resolve election differences within the framework of the Central Asian country's constitution.

The spokesman said the United States "unequivocally" condemns acts of violence being attributed to opposition activists, who he said should otherwise be allowed to express their views freely.

"Nothing that I've said should be read as reservations on people's rights to express their opinion, and assemble and demonstrate," he said. "The point here is that it's not a license to take over government buildings, and destroy government buildings and engage in violent clashes. You can make your point of view known without resorting to violence, and that's what needs to happen in Kyrgyzstan."

Official results from the two rounds of elections that ended March 13 showed the opposition candidate winning only a handful of seats in parliament, spawning protests and prompting the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the OSCE, to say the vote was marred by "significant shortcomings."

Spokesman Ereli noted that President Akayev, who has run the former Soviet republic since its independence, has directed the country's Central Election Commission and Supreme Court to investigate the contested election results.

He called that an "important step" and said the United States looks forward to seeing the country's institutions act on those instructions, while both sides in the dispute refrain from further violence.

Asked why the United States was not urging a new election, as it did last year in the case of Ukraine, Mr. Ereli said there must first be an investigation, ideally involving the OSCE, on the scope of the irregularities. He said such an inquiry must be conducted in an environment untainted by "pressure, coercion, and violence."

A senior diplomat who spoke to reporters here said it is not clear to U.S. officials that the extent of vote fraud in Kyrgyzstan is comparable to that of Ukraine, and sufficient to require a "wholesale rejection" of the election results.

He said while such a determination might eventually be made, that is not where the "indications lean" at present.

In the meantime, the U.S. diplomat said, there is an "element of mob action" in Kyrgyzstan that was not seen in Ukraine, and which he said "detracts from" the opposition message."

Vocabulary:

Kyrgyzstan: 吉爾吉斯斯坦,中亞東北部的內陸國,與中國新疆接壤,1991年8月脫離蘇聯宣布獨立。該國境內多山,動植物品種繁多,有“山地綠洲”的美稱。

spawn: to give rise to; engender(造成;使產生)

coercion: power or ability to coerce(威壓,高壓政治)

wholesale : 大規模的

 
Go to Other Sections
Story Tools
 
Copyright by chinadaily.com.cn. All rights reserved

版權聲明:未經中國日報網站許可,任何人不得復制本欄目內容。如需轉載請與本網站聯系。
None of this material may be used for any commercial or public use. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.
 

 

主站蜘蛛池模板: 石城县| 磐石市| 宜城市| 卢氏县| 抚远县| 金堂县| 木兰县| 保靖县| 玛纳斯县| 慈利县| 黎平县| 皮山县| 景东| 庄河市| 呈贡县| 通海县| 长顺县| 阳新县| 通山县| 湖南省| 绥中县| 容城县| 文化| 宕昌县| 嘉峪关市| 惠来县| 鞍山市| 延安市| 始兴县| 太和县| 河北省| 高陵县| 开江县| 闽侯县| 通榆县| 南溪县| 盘山县| 蓝田县| 芜湖市| 离岛区| 珠海市|