Kyrgyzstan's presidential election to consolidate society - view

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BISHKEK, August 30 (Itar-Tass) -- Upcoming presidential election in
Kyrgyzstan will be an important stage, and its result will favour
consolidation of the society and further stabilisation of the situation,
Head of Russia's Presidential Administration Sergei Naryshkin said on
Tuesday at the official ceremony of celebrating the 20th anniversary of
Kyrgyzstan's independence.
"Our country has always respected the choice made by Kyrgyzstan in
August of 1991," he said. For all these years, Russia strived to
strengthen ties with Kyrgyzstan, including those in the economy.
"It is most important, that over all this time, relations between
Russians and Kyrgyz have remained those of good neighbourhood," Naryshkin
said. "Russia is interested in Kyrgyzstan's stable and dynamic development
towards statehood, raise of the national economy and development of the
social sphere."
Russia and Kyrgyzstan have prepared an agreement on cooperation in
energy, oil and gas and on supplies of oil products from Russia, he added.
Naryshkin arrived in Kyrgyzstan to participate in the official
ceremony of celebrating declaration of the republic's independence. In
Bishkek, he will have meetings with the country's President Roza
Otunbayeva and Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev.
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