Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov met with Swiss Ambassador to Russia Krystyna Marty Lang to discuss the situation in the Middle East with an emphasis on the tasks necessary for the settlement of the situation in Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday

The construction of the Kulanak hydroelectric power plant (HPP) on Kyrgyzstan's Naryn River will be completed by 2024-2025, with the amount of investment in the project exceeding $118 million, the deputy director of the Kyrgyz investment and development agency, Nuradil Bayasov, told Sputnik