First humanitarian aid arrived to Uzbekistan by Magdalena Rosova

First humanitarian aid from the United Nations arrived to Uzbekistan on Wednesday. The aid should help to more than 75,000 ethnic Uzbek refugees that left Kyrgyzstan after deadly attacks. The first plane with foreign aid landed in Andijan, city in the east of Uzbekistan. The supplies were from The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The plane brought 800 tents, two more planes are expected to come with another supplies. Uzbek government sent several trucks to the local airport which immediately distributed the aid to the refugees. According to Uzbek officials 75,000 refugees came to Uzbekistan. Last Friday tension between ethnic Uzbeks and K! yrgyzs in Kyrgyzstan eventuate in deadly attacks. In the second largest city of Osh, Kyrgyzs attacked districts where ethnic Uzbkes lived and they killed more than 65 people, hundreds of people were injured. Children were among the victims and many women reported they had been raped. Uzbekistan received huge number of refugees but then closed the border as it was not able to house more people. Kyrgyzstan's government asked Russia to help the country to stop the ethnic violence. Kyrgyzs government said it was powerless to stop the gangs which destroyed half of the city, burned down homes and businesses of Uzbeks and killed tens of people. Roza Otunbayeva, leader of interim government, said they need entry of outside armed forces to stop the violence. But spokeswoman of Russian president Medvedev, Natalya Timakova, said that Russia did not see the conditions for taking part in the internal conflict of Kyrgyzstan.

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