DUSHANBE, February 2, 2012, Asia-Plus — Kyrgyzstan is seeking support from the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) for working out joint recommendations and appropriate projects to provide assistance to ethnic Kyrgyz living in the Afghan Pamirs, the Kyrgyz MFA official website reports.
This issue was reportedly discussed at a meeting of Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbayev with Ms. Nurjehan Mavani, Head of Aga Khan Development Network Representation for Kyrgyz Republic.
Kyrgyz minister, in particular, noted that 2,016 ethnic Kyrgyz now live in the Afghan Little Pamir and 1,100 ethnic Kyrgyz now live in the Afghan Big Pamir. “According to evaluated data, the Kyrgyz community in Afghanistan decreases by 6-7 percent annually,” said Kazakbayev, “If this downward trend remains intact within the next 10-15 years, this original Kyrgyz community may disappear.”
According to him, the serious problem facing ethnic Kyrgyz living in Afghanistan is “lack of any official belonging of them to Afghan citizenship.” In this context, Kazakbayev asked AKDN to provide assistance with working out joint recommendations and appropriate projects to provide assistance to ethnic Kyrgyz living in the Afghan Pamirs.
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