Osh, Kyrgyzstan (CNN) -- The flow of refugees fleeing southern Kyrgyzstan has gone from a flood to a trickle, the Uzbekistan Foreign Ministry said.
Uzbekistan authorities said even though the flow of people had slowed down they were still dealing with an estimated 120,000 refugees. Aid workers were calling the fallout from ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan a humanitarian crisis.
No one from Kyrgyzstan's interim government had made official contact with them since refugees flooded into their country, the Uzbekistan Foreign Ministry said.
Foreign Ministry officials said they were surprised and concerned that they have not had official contact with their neighbor during this crisis.
The violence between ethnic Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks had calmed down earlier this week after more than 170 people were killed and more than 1,400 were wounded.
But gunfire was heard Thursday from the center of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, a sign that the violent ethnic clashes may be intensifying again. Gunfire in the hard-hit city had been heard only at night. Thursday was the first time CNN producers on the scene have heard daytime gunfights.
