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EU DELEGATION VISITS UZBEK CITY OF ANDIJON
By empty (12/15/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A delegation of European Union experts led by Finnish diplomat Pekka Oinonen visited the eastern Uzbek city of Andijon on December 14 in a bid to assess the bloodshed there in May 2005, RFE/RL\'s Uzbek Service reported. Oinonen told RFE/RL that the delegation met with city officials, but had no time to talk to residents. The Uzbek government, which has persistently refused to let the international community investigate the Andijon events, agreed on November 8 to \"discuss\" last year\'s events with EU experts.IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TOUTS JOINT PROJECTS ON KAZAKH VISIT
By empty (12/14/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki met with Kazakh President Nazarbaev in Astana on December 14 to discuss bilateral relations and economic cooperation. Mottaki said that Iran and Kazakhstan plan to build an oil refinery in northern Iran. Kazakh Transportation and Communications Minister Serik Akhmetov said that Iran may build a petrochemical plant in Kazakhstan\'s Atyrau province.RUSSIAN ALUMINUM COMPANY PLANS TO INVEST $1.5 BILLION IN KAZAKHSTAN
By empty (12/14/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Artyom Volynets, business development manager for the Russian aluminum company SUAL, told an investment forum in Almaty on December 14 that SUAL plans to build a $1.5 billion smelter in Kazakhstan. Volynets said that if a feasibility study is successful, construction will start in 2008 and production in 2010, with production reaching full capacity of 500,000 tons a year in 2011.KYRGYZSTAN TO PAY MORE FOR UZBEK GAS
By empty (12/14/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kyrgyz First Deputy Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov announced in Bishkek on December 14 that Kyrgyzstan will pay $100 per 1,000 cubic meters for gas purchased from Uzbekistan in 2007. Under an agreement reached in Tashkent on December 13, Kyrgyzstan will buy 850 million cubic meters of gas from Uzbekistan at the new price; Kyrgyzstan paid $55 per 1,000 cubic meters in 2006. To compensate for the hike, Usenov said Kyrgyzstan will initially charge Uzbekistan 1.Visit also
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