Kyrgyz president's meeting in the format of the Security Council took place in the Government House

The first meeting of the President's in the format of the Security Council, which was attended by permanent members as well as the heads of law enforcement and judicial authorities of the country took place in the Government House on March 10.

The issues of national security of the Kyrgyz Republic have been discussed.

The National Council of Justice and the Council of Judges of Kyrgyzstan were instructed to take control of complaints against illegal actions and decisions of judges and to take appropriate measures for compliance by the rule of law and the inevitability of punishment for wrongful acts.

According to the Order of the President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev a working group on development of new edition of the National Security Strategy and the Concept of National Security of Kyrgyzstan has been established.

Kyrgyzstan’s President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to meet with the US General David Petraeus in Bishkek

Kyrgyzstan’s President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has met with the US General David Petraeus in Bishkek on March 10.
Issues of bilateral cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and the United States of America in different spheres have been discussed. Also they have discussed prospects of the Kyrgyz-American cooperation in the spheres of mutual interest. In particular, Mr. Petraeus said that the U.S. attaches importance to cooperation with Kyrgyzstan and appreciate the current partnership between the countries and expressed gratitude for support of current anti-terrorist operation in Afghanistan.
Mr. Petraeus has informed about the current situation in Afghanistan and social-economic measures of the USA in the recovery of this country.

Prime Minister of Kazakhstan to put things in order in regards to illegal import of Chinese goods through Kyrgyzstan

The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, intends to put things in order in regards to the issue of illegal import of the Chinese goods through Kyrgyzstan.
"Today I am holding the meeting related to some questions including customs service. According to our operative information, we put things in order at Hargos, but then de facto the goods from China reach Kazakhstan through the Kyrgyz border," K. Masimov said.

US Embassy in Kyrgyzstan: U.S. not seeking military base in Kyrgyzstan's south

The U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan denied on Tuesday that Washington was seeking to establish a military base in the south of the Central Asian state, saying it was funding a training center for Kyrgyz troops.

"The United States does not have and does not seek to obtain a military base in Kyrgyzstan's south," an embassy spokesman said while addressing last week's reports in a variety of internet publications that the United States had agreed with Kyrgyz authorities on construction of an anti-terrorist training center in the Batken Region.

The spokesman said the U.S. government had allocated $5.5 million for the training center, whose construction is to be launched next year, but stressed that it would be owned by the Kyrgyz government and will be used for training Kyrgyz soldiers.

Some political experts interpreted the U.S. step as the country's plans to strengthen its presence in the former Soviet republic, where Russia has its own military base.

The United States uses an airbase in Manas outside Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, to support its operations in nearby Afghanistan. The terms of the U.S. use of the base were changed last summer after the Central Asian state ordered its closure early in 2009.

The decision to shut the base was widely seen as being influenced by Russia, which had granted Kyrgyzstan a large financial aid package. However, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed in the summer of 2009 a law allowing the U.S. to continue using the airbase.

The U.S. base was redefined as a transit center as part of the deal, which included Washington increasing its annual payment to $60 million from the previous sum of $17.4 million.

The financial adviser of Kyrgyz government Yevgeny Gourevitch is wanted

Rome Judge Aldo Morgigni has issued an arrest warrant for Eugene Gourevitch, believed to have been born in the Soviet Republic of Kyrgyzstan and who has reportedly held a U.S. passport since 1990, for alleged involvement in a fraud that is said to have siphoned an astonishing US$2.7 billion from the wholesale telephony divisions of Telecom Italia SpA and Fastweb SpA between 2003 and 2006.
Gourevitch is accused of having used the international contacts and financial expertise to launder illicit proceeds of the Italian criminals".
According to some reports, Kyrgyz government handed over $ 300 million loan of Russia under the control of Gourevitch.

The Development Fund of Kyrgyzstan distributed information about that terminates the contract for asset management with MGN Group in connection with the fact that since the implementation of the DF.

Development Fund of Kyrgyzstan is the largest public corporation, focusing on the development and promotion of priority and strategic sectors of the economy of Kyrgyzstan. The corporation is designed to effectively manage the financial assets of the state, guided by international best practices, modern management methods, and evaluation and control processes of credit, interaction with their counterparts. The fund was established in the form of specialized financial and credit institutions with a hundred-percent state participation in equity.

Kurmanbek Bakiyev expressed the condolences to the president of Turkey Abdullah Gul on people death in the earthquake

Kurmanbek Bakiyev expressed the condolences to the president of Turkey Abdullah Gul on people death in the earthquake in the eastern part of Turkey.

The telegram said that all Kyrgyzstan’s people express empathy and share the grief of all Turkish people. Kurmanbek Bakiyev expressed his grief over the families of the victims and wish soonest recovery of the injured.

Kyrgyz opposition leaders invited President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to the National Kurultai meeting on March 17

Kyrgyz opposition leaders invited President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to the National Kurultai meeting on March 17 in Bishkek.

The leader of opposition social democratic party of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbayeva has sent an invitation letter to the president.

Issues of amendments to the Constitution, price increasing and other will be discussed at the meeting.   

Also the speaker of the parliament, PM of Kyrgyzstan and other official are invited.

U.S. to set up Antiterrorism Center in southern Kyrgyzstan

The United States says it will help to set up an antiterrorism training center in the southern Kyrgyz city of Batken.

A U.S. Embassy spokesperson told RFE-RL that the project will cost $5.5 million. In October, the U.S. government helped to start construction on the infrastructure for the Chayan (Scorpion) elite military unit in the southern town of Tokmok. That project could cost a total of $9 million when finished.

In August 2009, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, agreed to establish a Russian military base in southern Kyrgyzstan. There has been little done on the project since that agreement, however.

Kyrgyz women politicians, activists march in Bishkek

Some 30 female politicians and rights activists marched in Bishkek today to raise the issue of women's rights on International Women's Day.

The demonstrators gathered near a monument to Soviet-era female activist Urkiya Salieva and marched to the monument of Kurmanzhan Datka, the 19th-century female ruler of Kyrgyzstan's southern regions.

Former Foreign Minister Roza Otunbaeva, the leader of the opposition Social Democratic party faction in parliament, said during the march that although the government put up monuments to prominent female historical figures, there are currently thousands of women facing domestic violence and other problems in the country who do not receive any attention or government support.

Aziza Abdyrasulova, chairwoman of the human rights organization Kylym Shamy (Torch of the Century), told RFE-RL that the goal of the march was to focus the government's attention on these problems.

In 2009, the number of women seeking shelter because of domestic violence against them increased by 40 percent over the previous year.

All information based on the newswire of the Zpress.kg news agency