| Kyrgyzstan remembers victims of Chernobyl nuclear disaster |
| Last Updated(Beijing Time):2012-04-27 10:01 |
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Kyrgyzstan on Thursday paid tribute to the victims of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, 26 years after the world's worst nuclear disaster.
Rallies and requiems were held in major cities and regional centers across Kyrgyzstan. In the capital Bishkek, Mayor Isa Omurkulov, representatives of the embassies of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, and local residents attended a requiem in memory of the victims, including Kyrgyz citizens.
"Many Kyrgyz citizens - members of rescue operations were radiated at Chernobyl and became disabled. Tragically, many died in the war with an invisible enemy," Omurkulov said at the gathering.
On April 26, 1986, the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl in Ukraine experienced a series of explosions, causing a spread of radiation across Ukraine and neighboring countries. |
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