Kazakhstan suggests Russia becoming co-founder of Kyrgyzstan Assistance Foundation

ASTANA. July 20. KAZINFORM /Damir Baimanov/ Kazakhstan suggests Russia becoming a co-founder of Kyrgyzstan Assistance Fund. Kazakh Minister of Finance Bolat Zhamishev said it at the Government's sitting with the participation of Kyrgyz delegation and international financial organizations in Astana.

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He noted that Kazakhstan put forwards this initiative in the context of Kazakh-Russian close interaction on coordination of assistance to Kyrgyzstan. According to him, a scheme looks like as follows: Russia and Kazakhstan are co-founders, Kyrgyzstan is a recipient, and the World Bank is a fund manager.

As reported earlier, the fund will be established under the aegis of Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Kazakhstan will contribute USD 10 million to establish foundation.