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Article | May 20, 2012 - 8:57pm

China and Kyrgyzstan are keen to foster co-operation. Kyrgyzstan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ruslan Kazakbayev recently paid a visit to China to attend the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Foreign Ministers Council. He met with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. 

Article | May 13, 2012 - 9:43pm

Kyrgyzstan’s President Almazbek Atambayev recently announced that the future of the Manas Transit Centre, US air base in his country would depend on how developments in Afghanistan affect regional stability as well as increases in rental payments.

Article | May 6, 2012 - 9:55pm

Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and Kyrgyz counterpart Taalaybek Omuraliyev settled Russia’s debt for using Kyrgyz military bases, Russian Defence Ministry spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Irina Kovalchuk recently told Irinnews.org. 

Article | April 29, 2012 - 8:33pm

Kyrgyz Defence Council Secretary Bursmankul Tabaldiyev and UN Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) Executive Director Mike Smith recently discussed counter-terrorism co-operation at a meeting in Bishkek, news agencies reported.

Article | April 15, 2012 - 7:23pm

Speaking at a recent Kyrgyz-Kazakh business forum, Kyrgyz Minister of Economy and Antitrust Policy Temir Sariev said that the government of Kyrgyzstan turned its face to business, Irinnews.org reported. 

Article | April 8, 2012 - 8:06pm

Toronto-based mining company Centerra says output this year at its key gold mine in Kyrgyzstan could fall short of previous targets by up to almost 40%, Irinnews.org reported. 

Article | April 1, 2012 - 7:06pm

Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin met Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambaev after a Eurasian Economic Community summit in the Russian capital, Moscow, news agencies reported. In the course of talks, Putin welcomed Atambaev's support for Kyrgyzstan's possible entry into the Belarus-Kazakhstan-Russia Customs Union. 

Article | March 25, 2012 - 7:36pm

As part of central Asia tour, US Secretary of Defence Leon E. Panetta recently met with Kyrgyzstan’s defence leaders and other government officials and service members, news agencies reported.

Article | March 25, 2012 - 7:30pm

After analysing the results of Kyrgyzstan’s development for two months of this year, Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Economy and Antitrust Policy said that the country’s construction sector enticed foreign investment worth 1bn som, news agencies reported. 

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Article | March 18, 2012 - 8:44pm

During an official visit to Qatar, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Omurbek Babanov met his Qatar counterpart Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani. 

Article | March 18, 2012 - 8:42pm

US ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Pamela Spratlen recently stated that NATO Transit Centre at the Manas airport is important and essential for the maintenance of the stabilization process in Afghanistan. In this regard, US is willing to discuss with Kyrgyzstan the question of the future of Air Base, said Spratlen, news agencies reported.

Article | March 11, 2012 - 9:12pm

Kyrgyzstan’s State Drug Control Service Chief Vitaly Orosaliyev and Chinese State Councillor and Minister of Public Security Meng Jianzhu recently met in Bishkek where the latter said that both countries should foster bilateral co-operation to jointly combat drug trafficking in the region.