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CIS and EurAsEC summits kick off in Bishkek
10/10-2008 09:01, Bishkek - News Agency "24.kg", By
Daniyar KARIMOV
Summits of the CIS Council of the Heads of State and
the Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic
Community started in Bishkek on Friday morning,
October 10, 2008. Presidents of Armenia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
and Uzbekistan have arrived in Bishkek to partake in
the events. The summits are also attended by
Azerbaijan and Ukraine delegations.
In course of the summit CIS leaders will consider 21
documents, while the agenda is topped by the issue of
CIS Economic Development Strategy trough 2020.
In particular, the summits' agenda includes the
discussion of the draft CIS Economic Development
Strategy through 2020, the issue of defining energy
cooperation as the key area of collaboration between
the CIS member-states in 2009, the plan of major
events on the celebrations of the 65th anniversary of
the Victory in the Great Patriotic War1941-1945.
The Commonwealth strengthening as an international
organization will be also high on the agenda of the
session.
The EurAsEC summit will focus on the results of the
implementation of the agreements and priority areas of
the activity for the near future.
The summiteers are supposed to consider the report of
the EurAsEC Secretary General on the Customs Union and
the Single Economic Space registration within the
Commonwealth, the issue of giving the Eurasian Bank
for Development a status of an observer in the EurAsEC
and the draft EurAsEC budget 2009.
The summiteers will discuss draft events 2008-2010 on
the implementation of the priority areas in the
EurAsEC development. The document includes the
unperformed events of 2003-2007 on the development of
the energy market and transport union cooperation in
the real sector of the economy, food safety,
cooperation in the socio-humanitarian, ecological
areas, the migration policy, the EurAsEC management
system improvement.
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Kyrgyz, Russian leaders talk about investments and
economic cooperation
09/10-2008 11:16, Bishkek - News Agency "24.kg", By
Daniyar KARIMOV
Presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Russia will pay close
attention to potential investments and widening of
economic cooperation between the two countries, Kyrgyz
presidential press service reported in view of
official visit of the Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev to Kyrgyzstan.
The Russian delegation arrived in Bishkek today
consists of leadership of the Foreign Affairs
Ministry, Defense Ministry, Transport Ministry,
Economic Development Ministry, OJSC Gazprom head and
some other officials.
The two presidents will discuss the progress of
interaction in the political, economic, humanitarian,
military and military-technical spheres, as well as in
the regional and international problems. The visit of
Medvedev is expected to result into a bilateral
regulation.
The parties also intend to ink a joint protocol
between the Russian Customs Service and Kyrgyz State
Customs Committee on mutual information exchange
management and costumes paper work simplification.
Among other documents to be signed in the course of
the Russian president's visit to Kyrgyzstan are
protocol of amendments to the Kyrgyz-Russian Decree on
trade representations as of October 8, 1992 and
cooperation programs to be implemented by the foreign
ministries of the two countries in 2009. Besides, the
parties will consider potential cooperation in power
energy and oil and gas branches of industry.
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CIS is real political mechanism still, Bakiev says
09/10-2008 12:39, Bishkek - News Agency "24.kg"
"It is obvious that Commonwealth of Independent States
is still a real political mechanism despite any
pessimistic tendencies and all member states are
interested in its successful development," the
President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiev said during
the meeting of CIS Foreign Ministers Council on
Thursday in Bishkek.
Summarizing results of the work has done, Bakiev noted
that 2008 was marked with search of consolidation
solution of many issues, including the main one - CIS
Development Strategy till 2020.
The president has also mentioned importance of CIS
joint energy projects’ implementation.
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