Bishkek, April 27, 2021. / Kabar /. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Ruslan Kazakbaev met with Representative of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Kyrgyzstan Marat Usupov, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic reported.
During the meeting, Usupov briefly informed about the UNIDO Country Partnership Program (CPP). In particular, he said tat in the past, UNIDO developed a Strategy for Sustainable Development of Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic. This document was approved by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic in 2019. It provides for the implementation of various industrial projects throughout the country. Such work, first of all, involves the preparation of project proposals and attraction of investments. To this end, UNIDO has developed a draft Country Development Program for the Kyrgyz Republic. If signed, within the framework of the CPP, according to the preferences of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, UNIDO will develop project proposals in the field of industry, as well as hold 4 international forums to attract investment.
Meanwhile, the representative of UNIDO expressed concern that the process of agreeing on the draft CPP has been going on since 2018. In this regard, he turned to Kazakbaev, as the head of the foreign policy department, with a request to provide political support to the issue of signing the Program.
Usupov said that the Global Manufacturing and Industrialization Summit will be held in Dubai on November 22-23, 2021. If the CPP is signed by this date, the Kyrgyz Republic could present it during the Summit and use it as an additional platform to attract investors for the implementation of projects within the framework of the Strategy for Sustainable Development of Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic. He also recommended taking part in this event at the highest possible level.
Minister Kazakbaev noted that Kyrgyzstan attaches great importance to cooperation with UNIDO. In this regard, he assured that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, within its competence, has provided and will continue to provide political support to the process of signing the Country Partnership Program with UNIDO. He also assured that the concerns of the UNIDO Representative would be brought to the attention of management. At the same time, the minister noted that there is still a very high untapped potential in cooperation between the Kyrgyz Republic and UNIDO. He expressed the hope that, with the active work of the UNIDO Office in the Kyrgyz Republic, this potential will be fully realized and the implementation of the Country Partnership Program will play a key role in this. The minister noted the need to increase production capacity and create jobs.
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