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Mon, 07/07/2008 - 17:54
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Kyrgyzstan to supply 18,000 t of cotton to Russia

BISHKEK, July 7 (Itar-Tass) -- Kyrgyzstan will supply 18,000 tonnes of cotton to Russia in 2008. As ITAR-TASS learnt at the press service of the Kyrgyz head of state, it was announced on Monday, during a meeting of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev of Kyrgyzstan with head of the Federal State Reserves Agency of Russia Alexander Grigoryev.

According to Grigoryev, at present, the sides also study the possibility of supplying other kinds of agricultural produce to Russiafrom Kyrgyzstan. Besides, the Russian side studies the issue of organizing qualification-raising courses for specialists in state material reserves from Kyrgyzstan.

Grigoryev arrived in Bishkek to participate in a regular meeting of the consultative State Reserves Council of the CIS member-countries.

According to the official information, over the last two years, trade turnover between Kyrgyzstan and Russia considerably increased and in 2007, it for the first time exceeded the level of one billion dollars.


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