10/04/2010 12:04
Catherine Ashton sends Envoy to Bishkek
Pierre Morel, Special representative for Central Asia to EU Foreign Affairs Chief Catherine Ashton, is on a visit to Kyrgyzstan, being sent to help to ease the crisis there, according to report released Friday.
“Catherine Ashton has asked her special representative for Central Asia, Pierre Morel, to travel [on Saturday] to Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. The purpose of the visit is to assess the situation after the latest unrest and identify ways in which the EU, in cooperation with its international partners, can facilitate a peaceful, negotiated resolution to the crisis,” said in the statement.