2 billion turnover. The authorities of Kyrgyzstan and Russia, following the results of the top-level negotiations, are aimed at increasing the trade turnover between the countries in the coming years to $ 2 billion a year.
Daniar Sydykov, head of the foreign policy department of the President’s Office of the Kyrgyz Republic, said that according to the results of 2018, the volume of mutual trade between the countries amounted to $ 1.6 billion, and it tends to grow.
“Compared with the previous period, it grew by 3.7%. The presidents of the two countries set the task to bring its level to 2 billion. The results of the VIII interregional conference in Bishkek show that trade can increase to the level of $ 3-4 billion with the implementation of the agreements reached, the main of which amounted to more than $ 6 billion,” Sydykov said.
Young in the Forbes list. For the first time, a young businessman from Kyrgyzstan entered the list of 300 young and successful entrepreneurs in the Asian continent under the age of 30 years. Dastan Omuraliev became the only Kyrgyz in 2019 to be listed in this Forbes ranking.
Besides him from the countries of Central Asia, four more entrepreneurs from Kazakhstan added to the list. Most on the list are young businessmen from China - 61, from Hong Kong - 11, and from India - 59.
Consumption has grown. According to the operational data of the Central Dispatch Service of the National Electric Grid of Kyrgyzstan, in March 2019, electricity consumption in the Kyrgyz energy system was 1 billion 406 million kWh.
According to the press service of National Electric Grid, in 2018 for the current period this figure was 1 billion 362 million kWh.
Gasification of the Kyrgyz Republic. The level of gasification of Kyrgyzstan should be raised to 50% in the near future, Prime Minister Muhammedkaliy Abylgaziev said this week.
He said that Gazprom has invested 16 billion rubles in gasification of the country.
“Recently we had a meeting with head of Gazprom Alexey Miller. There was a meeting with Bolot Abildayev, the head of Gazprom’s subsidiary in Kyrgyzstan. There are big plans. We need to increase gasification to 50%,” he said.
As part of the state visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Kyrgyzstan, Abylgaziev said, a road map was signed. “If possible, we need to work with them and develop the oil and gas industry,” he said.
Competition for Ombudsman. The Supervisory Board of the Business Ombudsman of the Kyrgyz Republic, which is the main governing body of the Business Ombudsman of Kyrgyzstan, with the support of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, announces a competition to select candidates for the position of Business Ombudsman in the Kyrgyz Republic. According to data from the Ministry of Economy and Ethics of the Kyrgyz Republic, the duties of the Ombudsman include:
consider complaints of alleged corruption actions and other violations of the legitimate interests of enterprises as a result of actions or omissions (including decisions) by state and municipal authorities, state-controlled enterprises and their officials.
Export of electricity. In 2018, electricity production in Kyrgyzstan amounted to 15 billion 65 million kW / h, which is 1.8% more than the 2017 level.
According to chairman of the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use, Emil Osmonbetov, electricity exports amounted to 752.5 million kW / h.
“Including to Uzbekistan - 752.2 million kW / h, to Kazakhstan - 0.3 million kW / h,” he said.
Osmonbetov noted that the production of thermal energy in 2018 amounted to 2 million 940 thousand gigacallorium, which is 0.12% less than in 2017. In 2018, Gazprom of Kyrgyzstan received 311 million cubic meters of gas, which is 10% more than in 2017,” he noted.
Kabar News Agency
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