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The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan fixed the foreign currency exchange rates to the tenge for January 15:

The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Yerzhan Ashikbayev, informed the state visit of the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, to India will take place on January, 23-26th, the agency reports.

The head of the state, Nursultan Nazarbayev, received the US chief of Central Command, David Petraeus, the agency reports.

Prospects of further cooperation in security area of Kazakhstan and the USA were discussed today during the meeting of the Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan, Danial Ahmetov, and the US Central Command chief, General David Petraeus, the agency reports citing the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan.

The board of JSC Company Bank Turan Alem has undergone personnel rearrangements, the agency reports citing Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE).

The Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Igor Chudinov, departured for Moscow for a meeting with the Prime Minister of Russia, the agency reports citing the press service of the government of Kyrgyzstan.

Electronic state purchases has allowed saving almost 22 % of the budgetary funds allocated for these purpose last year. The Minister of Finance of Kazakhstan, Bolat Zhamishev, informed today during the presentation of the information system of electronic state purchases with participation of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, the agency reports.

The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, said at the session of the board of the Ministry of Agriculture financial assets invested in agriculture of Kazakhstan will not be sequestered, the agency reports.

The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, will report on the course of realization of the anti-recessionary program on February, 6th at the session of the parliamentary faction of the People's Democratic Party Nur Otan. The Speaker of the Lower Chamber Ural Muhamedzhanov, informed today during the plenary session in Majilis, the agency reports.

Net surplus of the current account of balance of payments of Kazakhstan has reached $9 billion, following the results of 9 months 2008, the agency reports citing the report of the National Bank of Kazakhstan.

The Fund of National Welfare Samruk-Kazyna will carry out its obligations on the financed objects of housing construction. The chairman of Fund Samruk-Kazyna, K. Kelimbetov, informed at the government session on Monday, the agency reports.

The chairman of Fund of National Welfare Samruk-Kazyna, Kayrat Kelimbetov, said the Development Bank of Kazakhstan plans to refinance the projects for the sum of $400 million in the first quarter of 2009, the agency reports.

Kyrgyzstan has to export 1 billion 200 million kW/h of electric power to Kazakhstan in 2009. The Minister of Industry, Energy and Fuel Resources of Kyrgyzstan, Ilyas Davidov, informed at the selector meeting related to heating period on Monday, the agency reports.

The prices for oil in the world market, following the results of the tenders on Tuesday, increased, the agency reports citing RosBusinessConsulting (RBC).

Industrial production in 2008 in Kazakhstan has increased by 2.1 %, the agency reports citing Statistics Agency of Kazakhstan.

Monthly average nominal wages of one employee in November, 2008 totaled 59 575 KZT and increased in comparison with the corresponding period of the last year by 10.59 %, in January - November - 59 722 KZT and increased by 16.7 % accordingly.

Foreign trade turnover (taking into account the amendments to customs statistics) for January - September, 2008 totaled $85.3 billion that is by $27 billion more than in the base period, the agency reports citing the press service of the National Bank of Kazakhstan.

The Caspian pipeline consortium (CPC) in 2008 transported over 32.2 million tons of oil, the press release of the company states.

The USA delegation will meet the Kazakhstan military personnel of peacekeeping unit 'Kazbrig' on January, 14th, the agency reports to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan.