Kyrgyzstan intends to import electricity from Uzbekistan POLITICS 13:05 / 02.03.2021 459
The President of Kyrgyzstan talked about his in this interview with Kazinform.
“Many countries have water shortage issues. We also face such problems. It should be noted that if the situation on the Toktogul Reservoir goes in the same way as now, it will come to a state prone to catastrophe,” he said.
Japarov stated that Kyrgyzstan intends to import electricity from Uzbekistan.
“Therefore, we are considering the import of electricity from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Kazakhstan has notified that it is ready to export 0.9-1 billion kW of electricity to our country, the negotiations with Uzbekistan are continuing. If external supplies are not provided, we will have to generate electricity for our country on our own, but as a result, no one will have enough water during the growing season, and eventually, the water level
As of January 1, 2021, the public debt of Uzbekistan amounted to $23.3 billion. Of this, 21.1 billion – external debt, which has doubled in the last 2 years.
Lavrov announces possibility of producing Sputnik V vaccine in Uzbekistan POLITICS 21:08 / 02.03.2021 515
He noted that a delegation from the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan had visited Moscow.
“Mass vaccination will begin in Uzbekistan these days. We are considering the issue of producing the Sputnik V vaccine in Uzbekistan, where it has been registered in an accelerated order. We greatly appreciate our cooperation in this area,” said Lavrov at the press conference on the results of the meeting with the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov.
Earlier First Deputy Minister of Innovative Development, Director of the Center for Advanced Technologies Shakhlo Turdikulova reported that Uzbekistan plans to use two vaccines for mass vaccination against coronavirus – Russian Sputnik V and Sino-Uzbek ZF-UZ-VAC 2001.
Uzbekistan builds a medical complex in south of Tajikistan SOCIETY 14:32 / 01.03.2021 624
The Uzbek authorities have constructed a reception-distribution center for coronavirus patients in Qubodiyon at the request of Tajikistan, Asia-Plus reports.
According to sources in the Tajik government, the construction work and equipping of the complex was carried out at the expense of the funds allocated by Uzbekneftegaz JSC.
Modern equipment will help in the shortest possible time to determine the presence of coronavirus infection in patients, and then send it to hospitals in the region and the capital to receive qualified assistance.
The construction of this facility was approved during the visit of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Dushanbe in March 2018.