Dear people of Kyrgyzstan!

Unfortunately, we are faced with an unpleasant event in the life of our society that worries us all.

As a result of the actions of groups that, without understanding the essence of what was happening, succumbed to provocations, most of our people and the state were under attack.

We all saw the consequences of how various information and videos about the incident that occurred on May 13 were distributed on the Internet on May 18th. Yes, if law enforcement agencies had promptly taken action and disclosed their actions to the public in a timely manner, perhaps this would not have happened.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs detained the perpetrators of the incident that occurred on May 13 and carried out operational actions. But unfortunately, other forces interested in aggravating the situation managed to take advantage of this.

The demands of our patriotic youth to stop the illegal migration of foreign citizens and take tough measures against those who allow such activities are certainly correct. Such demands have been made in the past. It is known that the relevant institutions have analyzed these issues and have begun to take the necessary measures.

As you have witnessed, work to identify illegally staying foreign citizens has already been carried out by the State Committee for National Security and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

However, as I have already noted, by believing everything that appears on the Internet, not being able to objectively assess and analyze the situation, you succumbed to provocative calls that inflamed national feelings and caused damage to our state, which has embarked on the path of development, and to the people, known since ancient times with its hospitality. This is very sad!

We will not allow, as in the expression “a fly in the ointment spoils a barrel of honey,” for a few unprincipled people seeking easy money and provocateurs intending to inflate this incident into a large-scale scandal to realize their vile plans!

While the incident of May 13 was being investigated, the perpetrators were detained and investigations were carried out. A video of the incident was uploaded online on May 18, further infuriating young people and accompanied by provocative online posts inciting a false sense of national pride.

I want to say directly that those who were unable to come to power, do not approve of the fight against corruption, and those in prison specifically created WhatsApp groups and fake accounts to spread provocative information.

However, on the night of May 18, efforts were made to stop young people going out onto the streets to prevent further escalation of the situation and more serious incidents. You also know that our young people were not dispersed by force.

We had operational information that among them there were those who, with bad intentions, wanted to provoke unrest, carrying weapons.

When the police began to disperse people by force, bloggers and provocateurs were already ready among them, who, as usual, planned to distribute video messages calling for a large-scale uprising, claiming: “Our government, instead of protecting the Kyrgyz, on the contrary, supports them and starts humiliate your people."

Our young patriots did not know about this extremely dangerous situation. And not only young people, but the entire population could believe and say: “Yes, it’s true.”

Therefore, I gave the law enforcement agencies an order: “Take control of the situation, continuously carry out explanatory work with young people and try to stabilize the situation without clashes.”

If there were looting, attacks on police, or attacks on students in dormitories, we would take tough measures. Fortunately, this did not happen.

Of course, in the beginning there were hooligans who tried to attack students' places of residence. We were able to stop them in time. Now they will all receive their well-deserved punishment.

We have built a rule of law state. Now we will establish order. Without order, no state can develop. Lynching of criminals is unacceptable. For punishment there is a court, there is power.

We learned an important lesson from this incident. And we hope that in future the people will consider such calls more carefully and carefully, without succumbing to provocations. If such an event repeats, law enforcement agencies will switch to forceful dispersal methods from the first minutes.

Now the security forces are no longer as weak as before. Whoever it is, our citizen or a foreigner, if he encroaches on the integrity of our state or causes unrest, he will be severely punished.

Dear citizens of Kyrgyzstan, patriotic youth!

We, just like you, burn for Kyrgyzstan. Our patriotism may be even greater than yours, but certainly not less. We, like you, want our people to live with their heads held high. That is why we invest every effort in the development of the country.

Our country does not develop on its own; it moves forward, maintaining close ties with the outside world. It is necessary to have connections with all countries of the world. To study the world, you need to visit other countries. Our youth visit developed countries, know how to distinguish between black and white, gain experience and go on labor migration.

More than a million of our people study and work abroad. Like our citizens, people from abroad also come to us to study and work with us. We should be happy about this.

You know very well what it is all about: connection, communication, experience and tourism. You know that in legal language all this is called international communications, diplomacy, tourism, etc. That is why all states live in contact with the outside world, investing and attracting investments into countries, thus growing and developing. This is the classic model used by developed countries. Like other states, Kyrgyzstan began to use such areas of development.

In this area, you yourself propose and say “let’s develop tourism.” You say that “we have wonderful places, let’s attract tourists, let them come and see that we are no worse than others.” You yourself said that the tourism industry brings so much profit to our country. Others are also struggling to attract tourists to their country. And we seem to be missing our opportunity.

Another problem is that if the tourists who come to us do not comply with generally accepted cultural norms, then let us slowly prompt them. This is just one example, but we can talk about this for a long time.

Our children also live abroad; it is known that when a person is far from home, he/she becomes vulnerable. I say this because we need to try not to undermine our relations with the outside world, developing investments, tourism and, at the very least, our custom of hospitality.

At the very least, we must remember that our sons and daughters abroad may face the same treatment. All our citizens who can think correctly and carefully consider their actions speak about this.

Dear compatriots!

Do not forget that foreigners who come to our country also have a homeland; after receiving education and benefit from work, they will eventually return to their homeland. Let's not forget that while attaching importance to the education of Kyrgyzstan, they came from different places, leave a lot of money with us, and are here temporarily.

We all must correctly understand that foreigners value Kyrgyz education, are interested in it, come and pay for it. Don't we know that the taxes on their funds stay with us? Educational institutions, the services they provide, and small businesses profit and this brings billions of dollars into our economy.

If jobs in the country are occupied only by foreigners, and our citizens remain unemployed, then we can and must regulate and correct this situation. However, it is no secret that our citizens do not take such work.

According to current statistics, more than 6 thousand 500 jobs are vacant today. Tens of thousands more jobs will be created in the coming years as we begin to implement large projects. This figure was not taken from heaven, but information provided by entrepreneurs and ministries. Come on, you too start working.

Since our compatriots do not go to work in these jobs, our entrepreneurs are forced to invite foreign labor migrants and enter into contracts with them. Let's be honest, this is the reality of today. What we were like before 2020, what we are now. The difference is like heaven and earth.

We never dreamed that there would be a flow of labor migrants into our country. If they are not hired now and there is a labor shortage, then enterprises that are just starting up will stop. Entrepreneurs will go bankrupt. Our economy will not recover. We must not forget this.

I'll give you an example. In the United Arab Emirates, the local population is about a million people. And the number of migrants coming from abroad is seven million. And they boost the economy of the host country without any problems.

More than a million of our citizens live abroad. And the number of migrant workers working in our country today is only 5 thousand 322 people. The number of students studying who came from abroad is 42 thousand 620 people. We should be happy about this.

However, the recent unfortunate events that occurred did not correspond to any of our aspirations and values that I spoke about above.

Dear compatriots!

We are trying to learn from history and make good decisions based on the unfortunate events that have occurred. You know very well what sad events happened for trivial reasons. If you remember, the Osh events in the 90s and subsequent incidents in 2010, which were ignited by a spark and led to tragic consequences.

Don't forget that this is a very vulnerable, sensitive issue.

Education begins with the family. Let each of us be responsible for our sons and daughters. Let's instill in our children that insulting and beating other people for bad deeds committed by someone is contrary to human qualities and is not befitting a Muslim. As a last resort, if the situation gets out of control, the issue should be investigated and resolved by law enforcement agencies within the framework of the law.

Parents, take care that your children do not fall under the influence of the crowd and do not spoil their fate due to youth and inexperience!

Dear people of Kyrgyzstan!

We renounce all illegal actions that harm our country, infringe on the interests of our people, damage the international reputation of our country and violate the moral principles of our society!

The people of Kyrgyzstan set such tasks for us and elected us. Of course, we must and will justify the trust of our people!

First of all, I would like to urge our youth to be patient and not give in to dubious calls. Strict measures will be taken against those who use our youth, bring them to the streets, create events similar to yesterday, and realize their vile intentions.

I also know that such provocateurs will come out tomorrow and start shouting: “The government has begun to detain its own people.” However, I want to emphasize that the peace of people who have entrusted their fate to the state, the unity, dignity of the country, its development are much higher than this group of provocateurs.

We vowed to develop the country, bringing it into the legal framework. We are all equal before justice, before justice, before national laws! We do not have the right to divide and see someone higher, someone lower. Our guests who come to our country know and understand this well.

We also know that there are doubts as to why the authorities did not disperse the crowd by force in the first minutes of that day, but supported their own citizens, although they were the ones to blame at the beginning of the conflict. I mentioned above why force was not used.

From now on, the requirement of order will be strict. Do not worry!

Let there be peace, harmony and development in our country!”