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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BISHKEK 001116 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN (GORKOWSKI) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KG OSCE
SUBJECT: OSCE BRIEFS BISHKEK AMBASSADORS; PROMISES 
COOPERATION ON POLICE REFORM 
 
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¶1.  (SBU) SUMMARY: Andrew Tesoriere, chief of the Bishkek 
OSCE Center, convened an October 15 meeting of OSCE member 
state Ambassadors to outline OSCE goals and programs, which 
he claimed arose from Kyrgyz requests.  Key among these 
activities is OSCE's ongoing police reform program, where 
cooperation with planned MCC activities will be needed to 
avoid overlap.  OSCE leadership and other attendees, 
including the Russian Ambassador, expressed a shared desire 
to cooperate, not compete.  END SUMMARY. 
 
¶2.  (U) The Organization for Security and Cooperation in 
Europe (OSCE) Bishkek Center chief Andrew Tesoriere hosted 
OSCE member state Ambassadors for an October 15 review of 
OSCE activities.  Noting that OSCE activities stemmed from 
Kyrgyz requests, not "out of some factory in Vienna," he 
identified the following priorities and projects: 
 
     -enhancing border management and security by halting 
illegal activity and facilitating legal flows of goods and 
people; 
     -fostering rule of law through the OSCE's police reform 
program; 
     -promoting good governance, fighting corruption, and 
encouraging transparency, predictability, and accountability, 
especially within the business community; 
     -providing "expert opinions" on draft legislation; 
     -addressing environmental cleanup and protection issues 
such as leftover uranium tailings and radioactive waste, 
disaster preparedness, and water and soil conservation; 
     -economic development with a focus on internal and 
external labor migration and support of business 
associations; 
     -human and social programs including human rights, rule 
of law, combating trafficking in persons, prison reform, 
electoral reform, gender equality, legal aid, medical 
assistance, and prevention of domestic violence; and 
-regional cooperation and conflict prevention, with a focus 
on southern Kyrgyzstan's enclaves. 
 
¶3. (SBU) Tesoriere reflected on border control issues 
discussed at the October 9-10 Commonwealth of Independent 
States (CIS) Summit, and envisioned closer OSCE-CIS 
cooperation on counterterrorism and counter-trafficking 
issues.  He also committed to working on a local elections 
action plan with the Chairman of the Kyrgyz Central Election 
Commission along the lines of Office for Democratic 
Institutions and Human Rights recommendations.  He also 
outlined a series of upcoming political-military initiatives: 
a meeting on border crossings issues; a joint OSCE-Kyrgyz 
counter-terrorism seminar; and an OSCE mission to Bishkek to 
review ammunition storage sites. 
 
COORDINATING POLICE REFORM 
-------------------------- 
 
¶4. (U) Tesoriere highlighted the OSCE police reform program, 
which prepares the Kyrgyz Republic militia for comprehensive 
reform based on Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) guidance. 
The program is built on two pillars: community policing and 
general police reform, including Public Prevention Centers. 
Russia provides the MVD training in forensics and criminal 
investigations and hosts Kyrgyz students at its police 
academies.  Future efforts will focus on combating organized 
crime. 
 
¶5. (SBU) Ambassador Gfoeller responded that the Millennium 
Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Program's goals in 
judicial and police reform resemble OSCE efforts and 
cautioned against duplication.  Tesoriere added that he 
informed the Kyrgyz Supreme Court and Judicial Council of the 
OSCE's desire for cooperation and pledged to "share all that 
 
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we do."  He added: "The OSCE can now calibrate our program, 
tailored to yours.  We need to be managerially intelligent so 
as not to duplicate your efforts." 
 
¶6.  (U) The OSCE Bishkek office has released a DVD, entitled 
"Building a Modern Kyrgyz Police," to highlight the OSCE's 
work in building relationships between Kyrgyz police and 
local communities.  Since its inception in 2002, the OSCE 
police training program has provided radios, tripled and 
automated emergency call systems, and provided training in 
tactical methods and human rights.  OSCE Program Director 
Markus Muller recalled significant skepticism at the time of 
the program's launch, but pointed to successful examples of 
community involvement including neighborhood watch groups in 
Karakol. 
 
IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM 
----------------------- 
 
¶7. (SBU) Several Ambassadors worked other agendas throughout 
the morning.  Russian Ambassador Valentin Vlasov chatted up 
Erkin Atabekov of the Kyrgyz MFA, frequently disrupting 
speakers who were forced to talk over their sidebar.  It 
appears that Vlasov is able to both talk and listen 
simultaneously, however, for when he interjected to stress 
the importance of coordination, he strongly echoed Ambassador 
Gfoeller's remarks.  The Tajik Ambassador, for his part, 
snored through the session and the German Ambassador plugged 
a German company to deal with the uranium tailing problem. 
GFOELLER