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Kyrgyz president to visit Moscow on April 24-25

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BISHKEK, April 18 (RIA Novosti, Yulia Orlova) - Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev will pay an official visit to Moscow on April 24-25 at the invitation of Vladimir Putin, the Kyzgyz foreign minister said Tuesday.

The two heads of state will discuss "specific economic projects: building the Kambaratinsk hydro power plant and an airport on Issyk Kul, a joint venture in the natural gas sector, and other projects," Alikbek Dzhekshenkulov said.

The minister also said the two sides would address mutual investment protection.

"The visit to Moscow is further evidence that Russia is our principal strategic partner in all spheres of cooperation," he said.

Former Kyrgyz president Askar Akayev was deposed in the "tulip revolution" in March 2005, following accusations of corruption and authoritarianism, and fled to Russia. Since then the country has been in political and economic turmoil, and at the end of March much of Bishkek shut down as anti-government protesters took to the streets in rallies the administration feared could spark another uprising.

Pro-reform groups in the Central Asian republic have set up a headquarters to organize protest rallies slated to start April 29.

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