The man who should talk to us . Tokon Mamytov: Canadians remain in the power of stereotypes about Kyrgyzstan
There are four very serious topics that our policies are used to score.
12.12.14 17:08
Alexander Vasil'kova
Tokon Mamytov: Canadians remain in the power of stereotypes about Kyrgyzstan
Tokon Mamytov: Canadians remain in the power of stereotypes about Kyrgyzstan
On why the delayed negotiations on "Kumtor", "WB" said the chairman of the Board of "Kyrgyzaltyn" Tokon Mamytov .
- The site of one of the news agencies recently reported that doubt, that the negotiations on the project "Kumtor" run out before the end of this year. How can this process last?
- It's hard to say when we finish. There are many issues to solve that ministries and departments are unlikely to in the near future.
- But with the start of negotiations have been a long time.
- For our country, it is the fourth in the history of the negotiations on the project "Kumtor". All previous were extremely unfortunate, because when their conduct made some mistakes. Firstly, everything was resolved without the involvement of specialists - miners, lawyers, environmentalists, financiers, metallurgists, engineers. And without international experts and representatives of the scientific world. Experts involved only at certain stages of previous negotiations when required any conclusion. It was one of the major errors. Secondly, before the question "Kumtor" resolved exclusively in secret, in a narrow range. In the subject were no more than 10 people - five from the Canadian side, five - with our. Third, the implementation of the negotiation processes have been widely used corruption schemes.
- What has changed now?
- No corruption schemes. We attract a wide range of specialists. Not only Kyrgyzstani but international. In addition, we have set up under the Government Advisory Board, which includes the majority of the members of the government and heads of agencies who make important decisions on the negotiation process. It is headed by the Prime Minister. When "Kyrgyzaltyn", a special expert group, which includes experts, starting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ending with the Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry. Another feature of the negotiations that they are transparent. We close only the negotiation process, as is customary in international practice.
- The situation with the reluctance of Canadians to come to our country looks wild. This does not affect the image of our country?
- Anxiety top management due to the fact that we have arrested Japarova, which, among other things, was one of the members of the Board of Directors of "Kumtor Gold Company". They were not sure that such measures are not taken in relation to other members of the Canadian company, and therefore did not go. Although the Kyrgyz party written notice to the Canadian side of guarantee that during the negotiation process, none of their delegations would not be arrested, as long as there are no complaints. But they also refused. The Board of Directors "Centerra" not reversed its previous decision.
- Probably, our guarantees are not particularly trust.
- May be. Or maybe the reason is that Canadians are guided by their previous experience in negotiating with our country. They remember before the power in 1993, 2003, 2009, if necessary, to twist arms ministers and other officials to resolve the issue in their favor, to sign the necessary documents. I could be wrong, but it seems to me that when we negotiate, I always read in the eyes of our partners unspoken question: why can not we do as before? After all, you already do that? Unfortunately, I have the impression that our counterparts did not occur breaking stereotypes against us.
- At what stage in the negotiations?
- Economic and financial units settled at 80 percent, but there are many legal nuances.
- The fact that the negotiations on the "Kumtor" drag on for years, political analysts said at an early stage of their. The reason - the parliamentary elections in 2015. Like, the policy would not miss such a popular theme, which you can flaunt in the fight for votes.
- There are four very serious topics that our policies are used to score. It is a religion, national question, borders and "Kumtor". However, the first three issues require in-depth knowledge, a clear understanding of the situation, as well as political intuition. Otherwise, a person riding a one of these horses will not get political dividends, but instead become politically bankrupt. But the "Kumtor" - it is an eternal and hot topic, about which you can quite safely and securely to speak. Especially because not everyone knows Kyrgyzstani its legal and economic side, understands the status of international treaties and agreements.
- You mentioned that doubt only in terms of the negotiations, but not their purpose. However, judging by what is happening around the company "Kumtor", it may seem that the declared goal does not correspond to the real. Explain to our readers what we did achieve - a joint venture or nationalization?
- For me, the goal is set by government decree in January and February resolution of the LCD. There is clearly stated: to approve the creation of a joint venture by the formula 50 to 50. I'm going to just this purpose.
- So, the creation of a joint venture in priority?
- Yes, it is now the most important thing, because we need to save the shares in Senterra Gold Inc. They will be withdrawn and will be half of our stake in the joint venture, registered in the territory of our country. Unfortunately, we have previously not fully take comprehensive measures to prevent the arrest of the shares.
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