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Sociopolitical situation in Kyrgyzstan is now quiet, though it is too early to speak about long-term stability, the CSTO Secretary General, Nikolay Bordyuzha, said, the agency report citing Vesti. Ru.

The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan fixed the foreign currency exchange rates to the tenge for September 24:

The Islamic Republic of Iran will preside in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in 2011, the agency reports citing an information-analytical portal Neft Rossii.

The Organization of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is ready to give Ukraine a special status and to consider if necessary the question of accepting this country into membership of this organization. The CSTO Secretary General, Nikolay Bordyuzha, informed in ITAR-TASS interview.

The Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (RATS SCO) will render assistance in providing safety of the summit of the heads and governments of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Astana. The decision was accepted today during the 17th RATS session in Almaty, the agency reports.

The prices for oil at the tenders on Wednesday, September 22, decreased in the background of unexpected growth of stocks of fuel in the USA within the last week.

Charges of sexual harassment against the Kazakhstan student in the USA, Zhandos Bahytbekov, in relation to two 11-year-old girls, have been dropped. The official representative of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Askar Abdrahmanov, informed, the agency reports.

XVI session of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan will take place on October, 20, 2010 in the city of Astana, the agency reports citing the Kazakhstan president's decree on convocation of the sixteenth session of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan, published today in official press.

The deputies of Majilis of Parliament of Kazakhstan at the plenary session passed the bill on the amendments and additions to the Law on the Republican budget of 2010 - 2012, the agency reports.

The head of state, Nursultan Nazarbayev, met First Vice Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Umirzak Shukeev. U. Shukeev informed the President of the results of the visit of the governmental delegation of Kazakhstan to the USA that held negotiations regarding accession of Kazakhstan to the WTO, the agency reports citing the president's press service.