Russia to Remove Fuel Tariff to Kyrgyzstan in 2011

Russia will remove fuel tariff to Kyrgyzstan from Jan. 1 of 2011, Kyrgyz government Information Office has said.

This measure will help further promote the bilateral relationship between Russia and Kyrgyzstan, the Information Office quoted Kyrgyz new Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev as saying on December 29, 2010.

In addition, Russia may consider to supply a 200-million-U.S.-dollar loan to Kyrgyzstan, Atambayev said.

Atambayev, the Social-Democratic party leader, elected as prime minister in this month's Jogorku Kenesh, or the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan. He paid an official visit to Russia recently.