Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 30
By Ali Mustafayev – Trend:
Kazakhstan has updated the registry of banned Kyrgyz companies.
The bans list included Kyrgyz Shin-Line, Talas-Sut, Elimai, Ak-Sut and Tuuganbaev companies, the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan said in a message.
Previously, on October 24, Kazakhstan returned more than 400 tons of fruit imported from Kyrgyzstan.
Relations between the two neighboring Central Asian countries reached a point of escalation since the President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev accused his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev of supporting a presidential candidate from the Kyrgyz opposition, Omurbek Babanov, after a meeting between Babanov and Nazarbayev.
However, Kazakh side dismissed the accusations, arguing that there was no special sympathy for any of the candidates.
Newly elected President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov stated that he will build a policy based on mutual respect with Kazakhstan.