The Kyrgyz interim government made a decision on Sunday to introduce a state of emergency in the entire territory of the Jalalabad Region in south Kyrgyzstan following recent riots and impose a curfew in the area.
"Due to the incessant clashes, the government decrees for the purposes of citizens' security to introduce a state of emergency in the entire territory of the Jalalabad Region and impose a curfew there from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.," the decree said.
The state of emergency will be in effect until June 22, 2010, the decree said.
