Group created to respond to increase in food prices

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15:13 04.05.2010
text: "Kazakhstan Today"
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Astana. May 4. Kazakhstan Today - The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, assigned during the government session to create an operative group at the government of Kazakhstan to respond to the increase of the prices for food, the agency reports.

"Unfortunately, we see that the prices for some foodstuff tend to grow," K. Masimov said.

"I charge you, Umirzak Estaevich (first deputy prime minister of Kazakhstan, Umirzak Shukeev) to create a group to solve this problem," the Prime Minister said.

The group will include the Minister of Economic Development and Commerce of Kazakhstan, Zhanar Aytzhanova, the Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, Akylbek Kurishbaev, and the chairman of the Agency for Competition Protection, Mazhit Esenbaev.

"Next Tuesday, we will hold a joint government session and the selector meeting devoted to this question," K. Masimov said.