Former Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev believes that the Kyrgyz scenario could be repeated in other countries with the past "color revolutions", and particularly in Georgia. Akayev said this during a video bridge between Moscow and St. Petersburg.
It is to be mentioned that Akayev headed Kyrgyzstan since 1990, and resigned as head of state after the "Tulip Revolution" of 2005. At the head of state he was replaced by Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who in turn was overthrown in April 2010.
According to Akayev, the number of victims in Osh has already reached several thousands. Speaking about how much time it needed for Kyrgyzstan to recovery after major disturbances, Akayev said that he makes "no optimistic forecasts".
"Such violence, such fires - they are not quickly liquidated, they are not quickly treated, therefore I have not optimistic for the near future. I believe that the Kyrgyz people should be prepared for a difficult and protracted struggle with the consequences of those evils that have brought the Tulip Revolution in 2005 and these recent bloody events in the south of Kyrgyzstan", said the former president.
He said that the conflict in the republic should be resolved only by help of countries and organizations in the region, and he also said he was not going to return to political scene of Kirghizia.
Commenting on the situation in Kyrgyzstan, Akayev said that the Tulip Revolution has been developed in "transatlantic centres".
"Then the technology of "color revolutions" brought the virus of violence, political nihilism in the society of Kyrgyzstan and created an impression that you can gather a crowd and resolve any issues. I think it is very dangerous", Akayev said and added that the "Tulip Revolution" had openly been prepared with the support of the US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan.
He expressed satisfaction that Ukraine had overcome these negative effects of "color revolutions". At the same time, he said he was not sure that in other countries that experienced similar "revolutions, the possibility of recurrence of "Kyrgyz" scenario is not reduced to zero.
Referring to the situation in Georgia, Akayev said that the "rose revolution" may lead to fatal consequences. "What did the Rose Revolution give to Georgia? I do not exclude that the virus of the "color revolution" in Georgia could give a fatal relapse.
I believe that a destructive bacillus is in the technology of a "color revolution" itself. This does not tally with the constitutional change of power in the country. This hallooed fatal relapse happened in Kyrgyzstan", said Akayev.
It is to be mentioned that mass riots and clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks, forming in southern Kyrgyzstan up to half of the population, was orchestrated by Russian agents in the southern regional center of Osh, on the night of June 11. Next day, they spread to the Jalal-Abad region. In the zone of collisions, Kyrgyz authorities announced a state of emergency and imposed a curfew.
Department of Monitoring
Kavkaz Center
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