Kazakhstan Steers Clear Of Observing Kyrgyz Election As Dispute Persists.
«At a Kazakh Central Election Commission (OSK) meeting on October 13, OSK member Marat Sarsenbaev said he was rejecting an invitation to observe the election "to avoid speculation that our country is in any way interfering in the voting in Kyrgyzstan." The commission supported the move. Deputy chairman Konstantin Petrov announced that the OSK will not observe the election following "unprecedented statements by the president of Kyrgyzstan about Kazakhstan."»