Central Asia

Kyrgyzstan has set gas prices for all categories of consumers, Salamat Aitikeen, director of the Kyrgyz gas monopolist Kyrgyzgas told reporters in Bishkek Friday.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov signed a resolution “On measures on further improving of the structure and optimizing number of management personnel at state and economic entities” on 12 January 2010.

On the instructions of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Vice Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov will attend an international conference on Afghanistan in the city of London.

The deputies of the Senate of Parliament at the plenary session today passed Law on Ratification of the Frontier Cooperation Convention of the CIS states.

Veterans of the Great Patriotic War will get lifetime pensions in Kyrgyzstan. An appropriate decree was signed by the President the day before.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov signed a resolution “On measures on realization of action plan on strengthening bilateral relations between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the United States of America” on 11 January 2010.

The International Exhibition of the construction industry and building materials industry of the Turkish Republic titled "Ashgabat Expo Build 2010" opened at the Exhibition Center of Ashgabat.

Gross domestic product (GDP) of Uzbekistan will grow by 6.5% in 2010 and 2011, the World Bank said in its Global Economic Prospects 2010, released on 21 January 2010.

The Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Russia, Zautbek Turisbekov, had a meeting with the mayor of Moscow, Yury Luzhkov, to discuss the questions of direct deliveries of Kazakhstan fruit-and-vegetable products to the Moscow market.

Over 7,000 children with special needs are currently involved in various educational programs, the Kyrgyz Education Minister, Abdylda Musaev said Friday at a final collegium.