“It seems to be very unlikely that there will be any restrictions placed on (Western) foreigners. What is likely to happen is that there will be a lot more security spot checks and thus it will be more prudent to comply with the law and ensure that one carries valid documentation (passport and visa in most cases) at all times - photocopies are not acceptable unless notarised.

City streets will be closed off as required to allow convoys to pass by.”

So it looks like security will be tighter, but it is still possible to enter Bishkek and move around.

…AFTER IMPOSING NEW SECURITY RESTRICTIONS IN KYRGYZ CAPITAL
Kyrgyz Border Service Chairman Zamir Moldoshev announced in Bishkek on July 16 the imposition of new presidentially ordered security restrictions in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, in preparation for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit next month, Interfax reported. The new security measures include tight restrictions limiting access to Bishkek, enhanced security at border-crossing posts, and an increase in the number of soldiers deployed at checkpoints. Moldoshev added that although the measures are temporary, they went into effect immediately, timed exactly one month prior to the August 16 summit, and said further restrictions are due to be imposed 10 days prior to the event. He also noted that “remembering the lessons” from an incursion of Islamist extremists through the Kyrgyz-Tajik border in May 2006, special units of the Border Service will be deployed in border areas to “carry out search and reconnaissance activities” in mountain passes. RG