Deputy Prime Minister Bakyt Torobaev held a meeting of the Coordination Council of Development Institutions of Kyrgyzstan. Press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reported.
Issues of support for entrepreneurs in Batken region, who suffered as a result of an act of armed aggression by Tajikistan, were discussed.
Bakyt Torobaev stressed that the Community Development and Investment Agency (ARIS) has already initiated funding for the restoration of social facilities.
He called on state banks and development funds to actively participate in the restoration of the business environment and immediately start financing business projects in Leilek and Batken regions, which will help create jobs and develop the local economy.
At the meeting, the National Bank was proposed to review or change the format and mechanisms for providing loans for business projects by commercial banks, with an emphasis on the project financing mechanism, given that most fellow citizens do not have collateral and are not able to take loans in foreign currency.
The Ministry of Agriculture was instructed to quickly deal with the sale of potatoes grown by farmers, purchase of additional volumes of sugar and oil.
As a result of the meeting, it was decided to recommend the Russian-Kyrgyz, Uzbek-Kyrgyz and Hungarian-Kyrgyz Development Funds, Social Partnership Fund for Regional Development Public Foundation to consider the project for the development of Leilek Free Economic Zone within a week.
Aiyl Bank was instructed to make proposals for participation in the implementation of the project for the production of refined sunflower oil, Kyrgyzindustriya — to organize a production complex for the processing of basalt stone, Golden Nut LLC — to help in the processing of walnuts.
Emergency situation has been introduced in Batken region. Shooting began at several sites of the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on the morning of September 16. Settlements in Leilek and Batken district came under fire. The Ministry of Health reported 206 victims, 63 people were killed. As a result of the armed conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, residents of seven villages in Batken and Leilek districts, as well as Dzhekendi village in Chon-Alai district of Osh region, left their homes.
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Kyrgyzstan opened a criminal case on crimes against peace.
