Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia, lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the capital and largest city of the country. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan t, Tajikistan and China. Ethnic Kyrgyz make up the majority of the country’s 7 million people, followed by significant minorities of Uzbeks and Russians.
The glaciers of Kyrgyzstan make up the fresh water reserves not only of the republic itself, but also of the entire Central Asia and are the main sources of river nutrition. There are about 8 thousand glaciers in the republic, which occupy about 8 thousand km² of the territory of Kyrgyzstan, and together with eternal snow they occupy 40.5% of the country. Kyrgyzstan is a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Eurasian Economic Union, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Organisation of Turkic States, the Türksoy community and the United Nations.
It is a developing country ranked 118th in the Human Development Index. The country’s mineral resource base consists of deposits of precious, non-ferrous and rare metals, non-metallic raw materials, and fuel and energy resources. Kyrgyzstan has significant potential for many types of natural mineral raw materials. Several thousand different deposits and ore occurrences of ore and non-metallic minerals have been identified on its territory. The main types of minerals include: gold, mercury, antimony, rare earth ores, tin, tungsten, coal, non-metallic raw materials.
Forests occupy 3.5% of the country’s total area. Kyrgyzstan has more than 4 thousand species of vascular plants. In the open forests at an altitude of 2000-2500 m, various types of herbs and plants grow, including Tien Shan spruce and edelweiss.
The fauna is represented by more than 500 species of vertebrates and 3 thousand species of insects, many of which are rare and listed in the Red Book.
Financial potential of the country
Kyrgyzstan is a country that needs financing and has great potential, which has already been seen by a number of funds in Europe and the USA. A large number of national and international projects are being implemented here, the prospects of which are placed above many projects on the Eurasian mainland.
In Kyrgyzstan, the authorities have a soft and open policy towards foreign investors, including great respect for European Companies and Funds, an easy and understandable taxation system, and favorable conditions for financiers and legal entities.
Local organizations, as well as representative offices of the Ministries of Administration of the Kyrgyz Republic, annually publish an open list of invested international projects, where interested Companies, Funds and Joint-Stock Companies can take advantageous long-term financial participation.
These are largely national projects in energy, education, construction and mining. But business-format projects, investment projects to support the economy and infrastructure development are also announced on favorable terms for investors.
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