Joint Commission developed plan of rendering economic assistance to Kyrgyzstan - Shukeyev
BISHKEK. July 15. KAZINFORM /Yevgeny Novikov/ Yesterday in Bishkek the Kazakh Group on restoration of Kyrgyzstan economy headed by First Vice PM Umirzak Shukeyev held a briefing on the results of the group's first day of work.
According to Shukeyev, after the EurAsEC summit in Astana President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev decided to establish a Governmental Group for developing a program of restoration of the Kyrgyzstan economy and search for resources for its financing together with the Kyrgyz side.
"Today we have discussed with the Kyrgyz side the major directions of cooperation. As we supposed, the main problems were connected with stabilization of the budget and compensation of budget deficit this year and banking sector. Besides, problems of restoration of the damage in the south of the country, energy supply in winter period, water-energy balance as well as near-border trade and customs procedures were discussed", U. Shukeyev said Wednesday at a briefing.
According to him, by the end of the day the Commission received all necessary results and volume of funds needed for implementation of the plan. At present this sum makes approximately USD 1 bln.
"We think that the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the EurAsEC Anti-Crisis Fund and the Foundation for Humanitarian Aid could donate these funds. For instance, Kyrgyzstan has USD 210 mln limit of financing in the EurAsEC fund", he added.