“Uzbekistan will restore reserves to provide a trouble-free gas supply to Kyrgyzstan during the first quarter of 2009 and raise rates by 150mln cubic meters as compared to the same period of 2008,” the President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiev said after the meeting of Central Asian states’ leaders in Bishkek on Friday, October 10.

The meeting’s agenda was topped by the issue of cooperation in water-energy sector of the region. “Presidents of the Central Asian states demonstrated intentions and abilities to settle problematic issues jointly,” Bakiev noted.

The unscheduled meeting of CA presidents included Nursultan Nazarbaev (Kazakhstan), Islam Karimov (Uzbekistan), Emomali Rahmon (Tajikistan) and Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov (Turkmenistan).

In his afterward interview with the press Kurmanbek Bakiev said on behalf of the all meeting participants that “certain measures have been taken”. One of which is signing a coal supply agreement with Kazakhstan.