Kyrgyz First Vice PM expressed gratitude to Kazakhstan for help
BISHKEK. July 15. KAZINFORM /Yevgeny Novikov/ First Vice Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Amangeldy Muraliev expressed gratitude to Kazakhstan for help it had provided in the period his country needed it the most.
'There is a decline in the GDP. The budget deficit exceeded USD 212 mln. Reconstruction of the houses, energy facilities, communications in the south of the country and preparation for winter amounts around one billion. We are currently in search of financing sources realizing that we need our own funds for these purposes. Taking it into account we consider reducing our expenses. We also hope that sponsors will support us. The meeting with them is scheduled for July 27 in Bishkek', A. Muraliev said.
'We are grateful to President Nursultan Nazarbayev for initiating a donors conference in the second half of August in Almaty on discussing further measures to take. We hope on granted aid and preferential loans', he added.
Mr. Muraliev said that as a result of joint work of two governmental commissions important decisions had been taken on cooperation in energy and water resources. 'Besides, the sides agreed to simplify the procedures for consumer goods taken through the customs area of the two countries. Tourism season takes an important place in the GDP of Kyrgyzstan and we discussed the issues connected with it as well', A. Muraliev noted