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BISHKEK / WAM
The UAE-Kyrgyzstan Joint Economic Committee’s first meeting was held in Bishkek on Saturday and co-chaired by Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, and Zhenish Razakov, Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan.
High on the meeting’s agenda are several programmes and mechanisms to boost cooperation in 13 vital sectors, including trade, investment, Halal industry, financial services, industrial cooperation (SMEs), innovation, technology, agriculture and animal resources, transport and civil aviation, tourism, education and
renewable energy.
Attending from the UAE side were Mohammed Hareb Balrassa, UAE’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Al Shehhi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Economy for Economic Affairs, and a number of officials.
Bilateral trade between the UAE and Kyrgyzstan reached $310 million in 2017.