Monday, September 22, 2008

Meeting the Prime

Russia is ready to step up investments in Kyrgyz economy
This was announced yesterday by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Kyrgyz counterpart Igor Chudinovym.
The main issues of the Moscow talks the two heads of governments of the expansion of trade and economic cooperation. As reported «Russian newspaper» the press service of the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, on the whole side gave a positive assessment of the development of bilateral relations, including in the economic sphere. Last year trade turnover between the two countries exceeded 1.2 billion dollars, and for the first half of 2008 increased by over 57 per cent.
According to Vladimir Putin, «you need to do everything in order to diversify our relations - not only at the expense of energy, but also by the metallurgical industry, transportation, communications, as well as expand the opportunities for Russian business, for direct investment in the economy Kyrgyzstan». In turn, Igor Chudinov noted that, «despite a fairly dynamic development of bilateral relations, there is still enough economic areas where there is potential to further increase cooperation between countries». In particular, he cited the example of the agricultural sector, where there is great potential, as in Kyrgyzstan 60 percent of the population employed in agriculture.
- Questions seed, Plait-menovodstva that today in Russia are sufficiently great momentum, we are also interested in - said Igor Chudinov. He recalled that last year the Russian republic gained 300 tractors. This, he said, «confirmed that the two countries have a real prospect and mutually beneficial interest in the agrarian sector».
Referring to the influx of Russian investment in the Kyrgyz economy, Putin said that while small amounts. «We hope that both the president and government of Kyrgyzstan will do everything to ensure that conditions for the Russian capital more attractive», - did not fail to emphasize Russia's prime minister.
In Moscow, Igor Chudinov held talks with the leadership of the company «Gazprom». The parties discussed possible joint projects in the energy sector. First of all, dealt with the participation of Russian companies in the exploration for oil and gas reserves in the southern and northern regions of the country.

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