n; Democratic Movement of Kyrgyzstan (DMK), Kazat
AKHMATOV, chairman; National Unity, German KUZNETSOV; Communist Party
of Kyrgyzstan (PCK), Sherali SYDYKOV, chairman; Democratic Movement of
Free Kyrgyzstan (ErK), Topchubek TURGUNALIYEV, chairman; Republican
Popular Party of Kyrgyzstan; Agrarian Party of Kyrgyzstan, A. ALIYEV

Other political or pressure groups: National Unity Democratic
Movement; Peasant Party; Council of Free Trade Unions; Union of
Entrepreneurs; Agrarian Party

Member of: AsDB, CIS, EBRD, ECE, ECO, ESCAP, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, IDA,
IDB, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NACC, OIC, OSCE,
PCA, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTO

Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: (vacant); Charge d'Affaires ad interim Almas CHUKIN
chancery: (temporary) Suite 705, 1511 K Street NW, Washington, DC
20005
telephone: [1] (202) 347-3732, 3733, 3718
FAX: [1] (202) 347-3718

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Eileen A. MALLOY
embassy: Erkindik Prospekt #66, Bishkek 720002
mailing address: use embassy street address
telephone: [7] (3312) 22-29-20, 22-27-77, 22-26-31, 22-24-73
FAX: [7] (3312) 22-35-51

Flag: red field with a yellow sun in the center having 40 rays
representing the 40 Kirghiz tribes; on the obverse side the rays run
counterclockwise, on the reverse, clockwise; in the center of the sun
is a red ring crossed by two sets of three lines, a stylized
representation of the roof of the traditional Kirghiz yurt

@Kyrgyzstan:Economy

Overview: Kyrgyzstan is one of the smallest and poorest states of the
former Soviet Union. Its economy is heavily agricultural, growing
cotton and tobacco on irrigated land in the south and grain in the
foothills of the north and raising sheep and goats on mountain
pastures. Its small and obsolescent industrial sector, concentrated
around Bishkek, has traditionally relied on Russia and other CIS
countries for customers and industrial inputs, including most of its
fuel. Since 1990, the economy has contracted by almost 50% as
subsidies from Moscow vanished and trade links with other former
Soviet republics eroded. At the same time, the Kyrgyz government stuck
to tight monetary and fiscal policies in 1994 that succeeded in
reducing inflation from 23% per month in 1993 to 5.4% per month in
1994. Moreover, Kyrgyzstan has been the most successful of the Central
Asian states in reduci