Iran, Kyrgyzstan ink MoUs on bilateral exchange

Iran, Kyrgyzstan ink MoUs on bilateral exchange

Sun May 15, 2016 7:35AM

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This recent Fars news photo shows Iranian delegation (L) holding talks with Kyrgyz officials in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kyrgyz Republic have signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to increase bilateral exchanges in different fields.
The four MoUs were signed on Saturday during a visit by Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi and Kyrgyz Minister of Transportation and Communication Zamierbek Aydarov in Bishkek.
The two sides hammered out the deals during a joint commission meeting to boost economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation, according to the official IRNA news agency.
The MoUs call for the formation of a joint investment council, energy and economic cooperation, agriculture as well as scientific and technological exchanges.
The Iranian minister also met with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev and a number of high-raking officials during his trip to Bishkek.
The latest MoUs were signed during the 11th Joint Economic Commission Meeting in the Kyrgyz capital.
The last such convention was held in the Iranian capital, Tehran, in 2011.
Last year, the Kyrgyz president paid a visit to Tehran where he met with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani.
Iranian and Kyrgyz officials held talks on cooperation in different sectors, including the construction of a new railway track connecting Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and China.
President Rouhani paid an official visit to Kyrgyzstan in September 2013 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. On the sidelines of the summit, he held talks with his Kyrgyz counterpart and a number of other senior officials taking part in the event.
Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are the six permanent members of the SCO. Iran, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Belarus and Mongolia have observer status at the organization.
The Kyrgyz leader has thrown his country's weight behind Iran's permanent membership in the SCO.

Nysc urges banks to grant youth corps loan

entities and individuals to emulate the Bank of Industry which provided N2bn loan to finance corps members with good business ideas.

The Osun State Coordinator of the NYSC, Mrs. Regina Iluebbey, said this in an interview with journalists on Friday on the sidelines of the swearing-in ceremony of 2015 Batch B stream II at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Ede, Osun State.

The NYSC boss said providing soft loans for corps members with business ideas would assist in making them job creators and would help in solving the problem of unemployment confronting the nation.

She said, ”The Graduate Entrepreneurship Fund of the BoI with the NYSC is a laudable idea. We in the NYSC wish the scheme could be bigger than what it is now. Making it bigger will accommodate more corps members who have good ideas.

“We want other corporate bodies, banks and even wealthy individuals to emulate the Bank of Industry in this area. Many of these corps members you see have wonderful business ideas and this type of soft loans will help them to transform their ideas into thriving business enterprises.”

Also, Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, also said in his speech that the nation must put in place various programmes which would assist the nation’s youths to be job captors rather than becoming job seekers.

The governor stated that the NYSC had been performing the functions its founding fathers had in mind, saying the call for the scrapping of the scheme was wrong.

Aregbesola said, ”Nigeria is at present faced with economic challenges because of the dwindling oil revenue. Our over dependence on oil as a source of revenue has made us neglect other sectors of the economy. This period of economic recession in which we found ourselves has compelled us to realise the need for the development of other sectors of the economy.

“It is therefore important that Nigeria must strive to become a nation of producer rather than a nation of consumers of foreign goods. We must evolve our own industrial and agricultural technologies. Adequate programmes must be put in place to assist our youths to be job creators.

NIGERIA police get additional gadgets for better security

The Lagos State Government has commissioned various gadgets which it hopes will add value to policing in the state.

Items commissioned include three helicopters, 15 armoured personnel carriers, patrol vehicles, two gun boats, 100 power bikes and other security gadgets.

The State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, expressed the view that the commissioning underscores the seriousness of the Lagos State government in ensuring the security of lives and property.

The Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, told the gathering that the security gadgets were quite necessary, considering the strategic importance of the Lagos State in Nigeria. Lagos State is Nigeria’s commercial city.

Mr Arase said that Governor Ambode had done the right thing by giving priority to security.

NIGERIA UNDER 23 SET FOR MALI CLASH

National Under-23 team coach, Samson Siasia, says his team is ready for the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) which could secure the team’s ticket for the 2016 Olympic Games.

The Dream Team VI will face Mali on Sunday at the Caroline Faye Stadium, Mbour, in what could determine the winners of Group B.

Siasia is wary of the Malians, as the country has been on a high internationally in 2015, after they finished third at the FIFA U-20 World Cup and were beaten finalists in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Nigeria are featuring in the Under-23 AFCON for the second time, after they failed to make it to the London 2012 Olympics, while Mali will be appearing at the competition for the first time.

The Dream Team departed Gambia for Senegal on Wednesday to prepare ahead of the clash.

Weapons used in Paris attack where brought from Germany

Four assault rifles used in the deadly Paris attacks were allegedly purchased from a trafficker in Germany, newspaper Bild reported Friday.

Quoting documents from the Stuttgart prosecutor’s office, the newspaper said two AK47s and two Zastava M70s were sold on November 7 by the arms dealer to a customer in Paris.

“French investigators believe that the weapons were allegedly used in the attacks in Paris,” said Bild.

The Stuttgart prosecutor was not immediately available for comment.

According to Bild, German police on November 16 arrested a 34-year-old man named Sascha W. from the southern city of Magstadt on suspicion of the illegal weapons trade.

The suspect is accused of having hawked the weapons on Darknet — a hidden network used for both licit and illicit ends — using the name “DW Guns”.

Four emails on his smartphone show that he sold “four Kalashnikovs assault rifles to an Arab in Paris”, added the newspaper.

During a raid at the suspect’s house, police also found 16 other firearms, Bild said.

TRANSFER CENTRE

Lionel Messi is in talks over a £800k-a-week move to Manchester City while the club also aims to reunite the Barcelona star with former boss Pep Guardiola.
Leicester City's Danny Simpson stunned onlookers by turning up to do community service in a humble charity shop - at the wheel of a £200,000 Lamborghini.

Chelsea are prepared to launch a full-scale attempt to land Tottenham's England hotshot Harry Kane next summer.
Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe is available for the home tie against Stoke after overcoming an ankle problem picked up in Monday's 1-0 win at Crystal Palace

Chelsea are eyeing transfer raids for Leicester striker Jamie Vardy and Tottenham midfielder Mousa Dembele in the winter transfer window.
FA chief Greg Dyke is set to quiz Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger over his doping fears. 
QPR are set to name Neil Warnock as manager again until the summer.
Bournemouth are plotting the £6m transfer of Crystal Palace striker Dwight Gayle in January.

Steven Gerrard believes Liverpool should have signed Spurs midfielder Dele Alli as his replacement.
Steve McClaren has warned Newcastle's board he cannot guarantee Premier League survival unless there is a major shift in the club's transfer policy.
Chelsea could make a January move for former Blackburn striker Nikola Kalinic.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed he wants to make a signing in January.
Tottenham are confident they can keep striker Harry Kane, despite interest from Chelsea and Manchester United.
Manchester United's move for Mats Hummels could be back on, with the news that the Borussia Dortmund defender is set to hand in a transfer request.
Sir Alex Ferguson could play an important part in convincing Cristiano Ronaldo to return to Manchester United, according to reports in Spain.

Newcastle defender and skipper Fabricio Coloccini will have one last chance to show he's committed to the club in Saturday's showdown with Crystal Palace.
Sam Allardyce expects Sunderland to be involved in "minimal" transfer activity during January but has refused to rule out selling Jermain Defoe.
Pep Guardiola has agreed to leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season and take over at Manchester City, reports Spanish media.

Chelsea are eyeing Antoine Griezmann and Gonzalo Higuain, as Diego Costa gets a two-week deadline.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is targeting Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Lars Bender ahead of Sporting Lisbon's William Carvalho.

Some Manchester United fans have vented their anger on social media after Louis van Gaal agreed to offload striker James Wilson in a loan deal with Brighton.

Manchester City's reserve goalkeeper Willy Caballero is desperate for more first team action and insists he is capabale of replacing Joe Hart should the England No 1 be on the sidelines with his hamstring injury.

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