Kyrgyzstan INVESTMENT EVENT AT THE USA TRADE CENTER

 

On December 7, 1999, some 50 U.S. company and organization representatives attended an “Investment Opportunities in Kyrgyzstan” event, hosted by BISNIS at the USA Trade Center in Washington, DC. The event, organized by BISNIS and the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in the United States, featured a large Kyrgyz delegation, including Deputy Prime Minister/Trade and Industry Minister Esengul Omuraliev, State Investment Committee head Urkaly Isayev, KyrgyzAltyn state mining company president Kamychbek Kudaibergenov, and the CEOs of major mining, trade, food processing, construction materials, tourism, and textile companies.

 

Jan Kalicki, Counselor to the U.S. Department of Commerce on the NIS, opened the event, noting that “the United States and Kyrgyzstan enjoy a friendly relationship...and we look forward to increasing business ties.” Keynote speaker Mr. Omuraliev expressed hope that “links between our countries and business circles of the USA and Kyrgyzstan” will grow.

 

Kyrgyz company representatives then described their operations and suggested possible partnership opportunities. U.S. presenters who spoke of their activities in Kyrgyzstan included USAID, Tour Designs, Charrier, Gibson & Associates (a shipping company that stressed that, despite Kyrgyzstan’s extremely landlocked position, it is possible to get goods there safely and within set timeframes), and Booz-Allen & Hamilton.

 

In the afternoon, Kyrgyz and U.S. businesspeople networked and held one-on-one meetings.

 

A list of the Kyrgyz delegation, with contact information, can be found on BISNIS Online at www.bisnis.doc.gov/bisnis/country/cntasia.htm#Kyrgyzstan.