OSH, Kyrgyzstan -- Fifty children between 10 and 15 years of age have left southern Kyrgyzstan for vacation and medical treatment in Kazakhstan, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.
The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry's press service said that on July 25 the children from Kyrgyzstan's Suzak, Bazar-Korgon, Nooken, and Ala-Buka districts went to a children's health center in Kazakhstan's Zhambyl Oblast.
Kazakh authorities initiated the program for children from Jalal-Abad, the scene of violent clashes between ethnic Uzbeks and Kyrgyz from June 10-15.
The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry said the group is made up of both Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbek children.
The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry's press service said that on July 25 the children from Kyrgyzstan's Suzak, Bazar-Korgon, Nooken, and Ala-Buka districts went to a children's health center in Kazakhstan's Zhambyl Oblast.
Kazakh authorities initiated the program for children from Jalal-Abad, the scene of violent clashes between ethnic Uzbeks and Kyrgyz from June 10-15.
The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry said the group is made up of both Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbek children.
