ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan, Nurlan Aitmurzaev has requested Pakistans corporate sector participation in building power transmission infrastructure between Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan to facilitate the export of power to Pakistan.
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani met the outgoing ambassador of Kyrgyzstan here on Tuesday to give a farewell call. PM said that Pakistan desires to enhance its bilateral ties with Kyrgyzstan particularly in trade, economics and cultural fields.
The PM said Pakistan would consider importing electricity from Kyrgyzstan through Afghanistan in collaboration with the World Bank under Central Asia South Asia Regional Electricity Market (CASAREM) initiative.
He hoped that the ongoing negotiations in this regard would soon reach fruition. The prime minister called on Kyrgyzstan for better implementation at the quadrilateral Pakistan-China-Kyrgystan agreement for traffic in transit to raise the present volume of bilateral trade between the two countries. He told the Kyrgyz envoy that the government of Pakistan was examining his countrys requests for dedicated facilities at Gwadar and allotment of a plot in Islamabad for the construction of embassy premises.
The Kyrgyz ambassador thanked the prime minister for government of Pakistans support to him in discharge of his duties during his tenure in Islamabad and briefed him on his efforts to bring the two countries closer. He requested that Pakistans corporate sector should be encouraged to participate in joint ventures and invest particularly in power generation and transmission sectors of Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyz envoy informed the PM that out of the two hydro-electric generation projects, one will be completed in December this year whereas the second one being constructed with 50 percent Russian equity needs participation of investors from other countries for its early completion. On completion of these projects Kyrgyzstan would be able to supply power to Pakistan.
