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New Defense Council Established By Executive Order

January 20 2011

Kyrgyzstan

President Roza Otunbayeva has abolished Kyrgyzstan's Security Council and replaced it with a Defense Council, reports Interfax-AVN (Russia).

The president's decree creating the new body was issued Wednesday with immediate effect, according to a presidential spokesman.

The new council, led by the president, includes the prime minister, parliamentary chairman and all of the top security and law enforcement officials.

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