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Public Policy & Politics, Kyrgyzstan

U.S. supports Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan trans-border agreement
17.05.2012
Cental Asia|Public Policy & Politics|Kyrgyzstan

Robert O. Blake, U.S. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian affairs appreciated the trans-boundary agreement on transit among Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan, CA-News reported.

"We assess such kind of trade relations as a situation, when everybody gets benefit and we work to support this agreement," he said.

According to the Asian Development Bank, a trans-boundary agreement among the countries was signed in 2010 within the program on Central Asian regional economic cooperation.

Azerbaijani President meets Kyrgyz counterpart in Moscow
16.05.2012
Cental Asia|Public Policy & Politics|Kyrgyzstan

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has on Tuesday met his Kyrgyz counterpart Almazbek Atambayev at the Grand Kremlin Palace as part of his working visit to Russia.

The presidents praised the development of the relations between the two countries in different fields, and expressed satisfaction with the activity of the joint intergovernmental commission.

They stressed the importance of reciprocal visits, saying they greatly contribute to developing the bilateral ties.

Atambayev invites Putin to visit Kyrgyzstan for official visit
16.05.2012
Cental Asia|Public Policy & Politics|Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Kyrgyzstan for an official visit, the press service of the Kyrgyz President reported on Wednesday. The invitation was accepted with gratitude.

The invitation was made at a meeting between the two presidents on Tuesday during the CSTO Collective Security Council and the informal summit of the CIS Heads of State in Moscow.

President: Kyrgyz-Turkish ties dynamically develop
14.05.2012
Cental Asia|Public Policy & Politics|Kyrgyzstan

Ties between Kyrgyzstan and Turkey are developing dynamically, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev said at a meeting with a delegation from the Turkish Grand National Assembly headed by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Volkan Bozkır, the presidential press service said on Monday.

"First of all, I would like to emphasize that the relations between Kyrgyzstan and Turkey are at a high level," he said. "In this context, your visit is considered as the good will of the Turkish Parliament to support the strengthening of parliamentarism in Kyrgyzstan."

Kyrgyzstan, China discuss joint project implementation
11.05.2012
Cental Asia|Public Policy & Politics|Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan and China discussed the implementation of joint projects at the meeting of Kyrgyz Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov and Chinese ambassador to the country Wang Kaiwen, KyrTAG reported.

The sides exchanged their opinion concerning the issues related to the building of the China-Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan and the Datka-Kemin substation.

Babanov expressed his gratitude to Chinese government for its support rendered after June, 2010 events.

He stressed that there is a great potential of developing bilateral mutually beneficial partnership, which should be improved.

New board chairman at Manas International Airport in Kyrgyzstan
07.05.2012
Cental Asia|Public Policy & Politics|Kyrgyzstan

Eric Shaydinov has been elected as the chairman of the Board of Manas International Airport, Kyrgyz Stock Exchange said, KirTAG reported today.

It was reported that on April 27 that the board made ​​a decision to elect E.Shaydinov as chairman.

Talaibek Turumbekov, Tinchtikbek Samakov, Akilbek Zhamangulov, Rasul Mamashev have also been elected as board members.

It should be recalled that E. Shaydinov is the president of Manas International Airport.

Kyrgyz President to visit Kazakhstan
07.05.2012
Cental Asia|Public Policy & Politics|Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atmbayev will pay his first official visit to Kazakhstan on May 10-11, Novosti-Kazakhstan reported on Monday.

The visit will be paid at the invitation of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

The sides plan to exchange views on the key issues of bilateral cooperation and its further development as well as actual regional and international issues.

The President will sign a number of bilateral agreements at the end of Atambayev's visit.

Kyrgyzstan to send peacekeepers to Syria
04.05.2012
Cental Asia|Public Policy & Politics|Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan is preparing to send its peacekeepers to Syria, Bishkek's U.N. Ambassador Talaibek Kydyrov said on Friday, Xinhua reported.

"Kyrgyzstan is preparing to send eight peacekeepers to Syria," Kydyrov told journalists.

Twenty-five Kyrgyz peacekeepers are present in hotspots around the world, including in Haiti and Sudan, he said.

Kyrgyzstan's debt for U.N. peacekeeping operations stands at 123,000 U.S. dollars today, the said.

The size of countries' contribution to U.N. peacekeeping operations is determined depending on their potential, GDP and other factors, Kydyrov said.

Ambassador: Iran, Kyrgyzstan interested in expanding bilateral relations
03.05.2012
Cental Asia|Public Policy & Politics|Kyrgyzstan

The Kyrgyz and Iranian presidents are committed to expanding bilateral cooperation, Iranian Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Manouchehr Moradi said.

"The relations between Iran and Kyrgyzstan are at a high level," he told Trend today.

He said that Iran established relations with Kyrgyzstan, as well as with other CIS countries after the USSR collapse.

He added that from the first days of Kyrgyzstan's independence, the political, economic and cultural relations between the two countries were established at a high level.

"The two countries signed many agreements in several areas," he said.

President: Kyrgyzstan should take advantage of neighborhood with China
03.05.2012
Cental Asia|Public Policy & Politics|Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan should take advantage of its neighborhood with China, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev said in an interview with the Public Service Broadcasting Company OTRK, CA-News reported on Thursday.

The President said some allege that if the railway from China is built, then the Chinese will visit Kyrgyzstan.

"Even if we do not build this railway, they will come here anyway," Atambaev said.

President Atambaev repeatedly underscored the scheme of resources for exchange of investments.