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MAY 20<strong>13</strong><br />

HIGH-LEVEL VISIT TO<br />

CASPIAN<br />

President Gül and his wife Mrs. Hayrünnisa Gül<br />

made ​a visit to Turkmenistan at the invitation of<br />

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov<br />

on May 29-31.<br />

Vice President of the Council of Ministers of<br />

Turkmenistan and the Foreign Minister Rashid<br />

Meredov welcomed President Gül at the<br />

Saparmurat Turkmenbashi Airport, and then the delegation<br />

went to the Ruhiyet Pavilion. The Guard of Honor paraded<br />

for both leaders, and the President Berdimuhamedov<br />

presented the State Medal of Honor to the President Gül in<br />

the Ruhiyet Pavilion. During his speech at the ceremony,<br />

President Gül stated that he was grateful for the<br />

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May 3<br />

CHINA’S UNCONDITIONAL<br />

SUPPORT TO AZERBAIJAN<br />

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed<br />

a decree on May 3 and approved<br />

the agreement on the People’s Republic<br />

of China’s unconditional military<br />

assistance to Azerbaijan, which was<br />

signed in Beijing on January 21. The<br />

decree sets out that the Ministry of Defense<br />

is in charge of ensuring the implementation<br />

of the agreement and the<br />

Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in charge<br />

of informing the People’s Republic of<br />

China that the internal procedures are<br />

being followed in this regard.<br />

May 9<br />

GIANT ENERGY INVESTMENT IN KYRGYZSTAN<br />

President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed the intergovernmental<br />

cooperation agreement on the construction of new hydroelectric<br />

power plants (HES) in Kyrgyzstan with the support of<br />

Russia. Russian press presented the news about the agreement<br />

as “Support to the construction of new hydroelectric power<br />

plants by Putin”. In line with the agreement that Putin signed,<br />

it is planned to construct the dams of Kambarata -1, on the<br />

upper parts of Narın River Akbulunk, Narın HES-1, Narın<br />

HES-2 and Narın HES -3 within the borders of Kyrgyzstan.<br />

Kambarata-1 hydroelectric power plant to be constructed by<br />

Kyrgyzstan government on the Narın River feeding the Sırdeya<br />

river of Kyrgyzstan shall generate annually 6 billion 300 million<br />

cubic kw/h electricity. The dam is expected to accumulate 4<br />

billion 600 million cubic meters of water in its basin, which will<br />

cost about USD 2 billion 200 million.<br />

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