Tajikistan and Uzbekistan discuss gas supplies for the year 2013; Kyrgyzstan discusses with Russia the issue of Manas logistics canter; Asian Development bank to support Tajikistan in its endeavour to become a World Trade Organisation member; Kyrgyzstan t
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    • According to reports, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are in early stages of negotiations to provide Tajikistan with gas supplies this year. Tajikistan had acquired 145 million cubic meters of natural gas from Uzbekistan in 2012 at the cost of $300 per 1,000 cubic meters. 1

    In another development, Kyrgyz government delegates have met their Russian counterparts to discuss the creation of a transportation logistics center at the Manas Airport outside Bishkek. This is part of an attempt by Kyrgyzstan to make the airport a regional transportation hub once the American troops stationed there are withdrawn. 2

    The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pledged its support to reforms in Tajikistan as art of the effort of the country to become a member of the WTO. 3

    Kyrgyzstan will buy wheat worth US$ 4.2 million from Kazakhstan. It has received a 5,000-ton consignment of humanitarian grain from Russia since the country is facing severe drought in the last one year. 4

    In other developments, Uzbekistan has imposed a ban on road transportation of liquid natural gas (LNG). This effectively halts road transportation of LNG to Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Afghanistan. But it does not affect the movement of LNG by railway. 5

    Uzbekistan has stopped natural gas supplies to Tajikistan on the grounds of the expiration of the relevant intergovernmental agreement. 6

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