Honorable Kanybek Imanaliyev emphasized how the natural resources, water, are not appropriately and efficiently taken advantage of. Although 95% of the countries’ energy is hydropower plants, only using 3% are being applied.
Moderator: Dr. Erica Marat, Instructor, American University
Panelists: Hon. Kanybek Imanaliyev, Chairman of Foreign Relations Committee, Kyrgyz Supreme Council
Paul Poletes, Deputy Director, Office of Central Asian Affairs, US Department of State, “The three major pillars formed by the UN country team are: human rights, social projects, and poverty reduction.”
Poletes and H.E. Muktar Djumaliev, Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to the US, emphasize having gone thru three government changes and the political turmoil, Kyrgyzstan remains to have the most democratic political structure of countries in central asia. As a result, the business environment is much more friendlier.
John O’Keefe, Former US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan; Executive Director, Open World Leadership Center at the Library of Congress, fell in love with the scenery and expresses the great potential in tourism- Islykoy(city).
Sarina Abdesheyva, International Development Professional reviewed many World Bank reports on Kyrgyzstan and shared that the reports had a favorable view on political and business environment.
