Economy Minister lists benefits Kyrgyzstan got from WTO membership
AKIPRESS.COM - Kyrgyzstan has obtained a new economic development model and legal basis corresponding to the world standards thanks to its membership in the World Trade Organization, which became the basis for the economy s recovery from the deep crisis caused by the USSR collapse and the world financial crisis in 1998, said Economy Minister Sanjar Mukanbetov at the 9th China Round Table.
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11 Dec 2020 in 5:39 Eurasianet
Even as Kyrgyzstan appears uncertain how to cope with the massive weight of its dues to China, it has embarked on a fresh charm offensive to remind Beijing of the role it plays in developing vital infrastructure, Eurasianet writes in the article
Kyrgyzstan pleads for more Chinese help in building key infrastructure. In an interview to China’s state Xinhua news agency published this past weekend, Transport Minister Bakyt Berdaliyev hailed his nation’s eastern neighbor for the work it has done developing roads linking remote parts of the country.
He listed the Bishkek-Naryn-Torugart highway, which runs from the capital to a border crossing 170 kilometers north of the Xinjiang city of Kashgar, and a new north-south road link now under construction as success stories. The tunnels and flyover bridges built with Chinese investment are unlike anything Kyrgyzstan has seen before, the minister raved.