Sunday, July 31, 2011

Russia and China's interaction with Central Asian states in this week

Russia-Kyrgyzstan - The bilateral relations between Russia and Kyrgyzstan were discussed in Bishkek during State Secretary - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin's visit to Kyrgyzstanon Friday. The close cooperation between the two foreign ministries were discussed in the context of further development of Russian-Kyrgyz cooperation, the situation in Central Asia. Kyrgyz interlocutors informed about the political situation in the country and the preparation for the presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan, scheduled on October 30.

China-Kazakhstan - Central banks of Kazakhstan and China July 25 agreed to open special accounts as part of their agreement on currency swap yuan / KZT. This agreement was reached in the course of the seventh meeting of Kazakh-Chinese Subcommittee on Financial Cooperation in Astana, which was held in Astana on Monday. The two sides noted during the meeting that the sales turnover between the two countries had been growing steadily, which meant that the two countries could use their national currencies for payments.

China-Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz and Chinese officials on Friday began construction work on a power station that will boost electrical output of southern Kyrgyzstan’s power grid. The project is named "Datka 500 kilovolts power transmission station". Signed by Kyrgyz National Grid Company and Xinjiang Tebian Electric Apparatus Company (TEBA) in February, the contract amounts to 208 million U.S. dollars, and the whole project will be finished in 18 months.

China provided Kyrgyzstan with more than 200 tractors to facilitate agricultural production in the Central Asian country. The Kyrgyz Prime Minister Atambayev stressed that this program was launched as a result of successful agreements between the governments of Kyrgyzstan and China. At the same time, Atambayev pointed out the need for state support of agricultural producers in matters of technical equipment and modernization of machines and tractors. The two sides stressed that there are significant prospects for economic cooperation between the two countries.


Articles referred to in this post:

"Россия и Кыргызстан обсудили двусторонние отношения" (Russia, Kyrgyzstan discuss bilateral relations)

"Центробанки Казахстана и Китая откроют специальные счета в рамках соглашения по валютному свопу юань/тенге" (Central banks of Kazakhstan and China open special accounts in the framework of currency swap agreement)

"Алмазбек Атамбаев: Строительство подстанции «Датка» – большой шаг к обеспечению энергетический безопасности страны" (Atambaev: Construction of substation "Datca" - a big step toward ensuring energy security)

"Длинная дорога к энергии будущего" (A long road to future energy)

"特变电工中亚地区又一座500 kV变电站开建" (Construction work on a 500 kv power station started in Central Asia)

"Фермеры Кыргызстана будут работать на китайских тракторах" (Kyrgyz farmers will work on Chinese tractors)

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