AKIPRESS.COM - Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Muhamedkaliy Abilgaziyev met with Andrey Shirokov, Executive Director of the Project Block at the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) managed by the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), during EFSD delegation’s visit to Bishkek to discuss the implementation of EFSD investment projects in the country, including the reconstruction of the Bishkek–Osh road (Phase IV), the EDB reported.

Shirokov also met with Daniyar Sydykov, Head of the Foreign Policy Department at the Executive Office of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic to talk over progress under the understandings reached earlier between the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sooronbai Jeenbekov and Shirokov in respect of the implementation of the EFSD’s current projects in the country. Both sides expressed their appreciation of bilateral cooperation and hopes for the further development of their partnership.

Shirokov during EFSD delegation’s visit to Bishkek also met with Baktygul Jeenbaeva, Minister of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic to review the current level of cooperation and priorities in the further joint development and promotion of EFSD investment projects and grants in the country.

In addition, he met with Zhanat Beishenov, Minister of Transport and Roads of the Kyrgyz Republic, to discuss the implementation of EFSD investment projects in the transport sector of the Kyrgyz Republic, including the reconstruction of the Bishkek–Osh road (Phase IV), as well as other areas of joint work and medium-term plans.

The talks were also held with Bakytbek Shamkeev, Chairman of the Management Board at Aiyl Bank to talk over the financing of agricultural machinery supplies to the Kyrgyz Republic – a current investment project aimed at upgrading the fleet of agricultural equipment in the country.