Kyrgyz Prime Minister Holds Moscow Talks

Felix Kulov (file photo) (RFE/RL) September 1, 2006 -- Kyrgyz Prime Minister Feliks Kulov flew today to Moscow on a working visit.

Kulov held talks with Sergei Kiriyenko, the head of Russia's Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom).


The two men discussed joint plans to rehabilitate Kyrgyz lands polluted by uranium extraction, as well as a number of other issues.


Kulov and Kiriyenko cochair the joint Kyrgyz-Russian intergovernmental commission for trade and economic cooperation.


(Interfax, ITAR-TASS)

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