ALMATY, Kazakhstan, December 18. The Eurasian
Development Bank (EDB) is awaiting an official response from the
Turkmenistan government to begin work on the bank's entry into the
country, EDB Chairman Nikolai Podguzov told Trend.
Podguzov recalled that several contacts had taken place this
year at various events, in particular within the framework of the
Russian-Turkmen intergovernmental commission between
representatives of the EDB and the government of Turkmenistan.
"The question of Turkmenistan's potential entry into the bank
was raised as a request from a representative of the bank. I had
previously visited Ashgabat and also met with government
representatives, where we discussed this issue. Now we would rather
wait for an official response from the Turkmenistan government
before taking action. Both we and the bank's shareholders fully
support Turkmenistan's possible plan to join the bank," the EDB
chairman stressed.
The EDB is a multilateral development bank designed to promote
economic growth in member states, expand trade and economic ties
between them, and develop integration processes in the Eurasian
space through investment activities. The EDB has seven member
countries: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia,
Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
