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Kyrgyz children arrive to Kazakhstan to rest after riots

Politics Materials 11 August 2010 14:51 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug.11 / Trend, S. Suleymanov /

A second group of Kyrgyz children arrived in Kazakhstan today for a short vacation after mass riots rocked the country's southern regions earlier this year, Kyrgyzstan National Coordinator Tolendy Makeyev said at a briefing in Astana.

"The first 50 children have already left the Tau Samaly rest home," he said. "Another 50 children will arrive Aug. 17 to enjoy a vacation."

Makeyev added that today Astana decided to provide financial assistance to Kyrgyzstan during a recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting.

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