Kyrgyz diplomat prepares to outline how country will meet economic challenges

Kyrgyz First Deputy Prime Minister Djoomart Otorbaev plans to discuss his country’s economic development challenges and its quest for Western assistance at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference at noon on Friday, April 19 in the NPC's Zenger Room.

Newsmakers are open to members and the working press. No reservation required.

At the risk of increasing tensions with Moscow, the Kyrgyz Republic – more commonly known as Kyrgyzstan – is seeking help from the West to stabilize its economy in the wake of years of ethnic clashes, revolts, transitional governments and political party conflicts. Despite its troubles, the country maintains a unitary parliamentary republic, unique among the nations of Central Asia.