Kyrgyzstan invites China to tap its energy potential.

DALIAN, China, September 14 (Itar-Tass) - Kyrgyzstan's energy
potential is tapped only by several percents, the republic's Prime
Minister Almazbek Atambayev said at the meeting with the chief executive
officer of China's leading dam builder Sinohydro Corporation, Zeng
Xingliang, on Wednesday.
"We pin great hopes on the development of the energy sector in our
country," he said. "And we would be glad to cooperate with such company as
Sinohydro."
The Kyrgyz prime minister invited China to take part in the
construction of a hydropower plant in the Kokomeren river valley.
According to Sinohydro's experts, the project is estimated at around
720 million dollars.
"We are also ready to consider your proposals for the construction of
not only large, but also medium and small hydropower plants in our
country," Atambayev said.
Zeng Xingliang said in turn the company's specialists are making a
feasibility study on the construction of a hydropower plant in the
Kokomerene river valley.
"If all necessary agreements are reached, we will be able to build the
plant for four years," he said.
Atambayev arrived in Dalian to take part in the international economic
forum.