Kyrgyz president invites EU members to join hydropower projects in KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan aims to enhance partnership with the European Union, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov said at a summit in Samarkand."Kyrgyzstan is set to deepen partnership with the European Union in all spheres. I have no doubt that new, specific agreements will be reached at today's meeting and give an additional impetus to the relations between Central Asia and the European Union," Japarov said at the Central Asia - European Union summit.Trade and economic relations between Central Asia and the European Union have been on the rise, Japarov said."Over the past four years, Kyrgyz-EU trade has grown 2.4-fold, including a 2.6-times increase in imports and a 1.5-times increase in exports. The success was achieved thanks to the open markets and the Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+), which enables goods from Kyrgyzstan to enter markets of 27 EU member states," he said.The geographic position and the growing transit potential of Kyrgyzstan open up wide vistas for trade, Japarov said."We are offering European partners to join large-scale hydropower projects underway in Kyrgyzstan. The flagship project of the Kambarata HPP 1 occupies a special place in our plans," he said.In the context of cooperation in the development of infrastructure and modern transport corridors, Japarov hailed the EU's initiative of investment in sustainable transport connectivity in Central Asia totaling 10 billion euros.The Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) is an EU system providing unilateral trade concessions by cancelling import duties on a number of goods from developing and least developed countries. In particular, Kyrgyzstan has the opportunity to supply more than 6,000 goods to EU markets duty-free. (ICE ALMATY)

Fonte notizia: INTERFAX