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1. The Naryn River, which is known as Syrdariya in Uzbekistan. Naryn-Syrrdariya is one of the major water power resources in Asia. There is a problem though. Series of hydroelectric power stations with artificial reservoirs are placed on the river.  In the case of explosion of any hydroelectric dam an irretrievable catastrophe may happen by flooding lower part of the Fergana valley. If the Toktogul hydroelectric dam would be blasted then the whole Fergana valley will be covered by water.

2. Narcotraffic.

3. From 30 to 50 percent of the total volume of narcotics produced in Afganistan are transferred through the Kyrgyz Republic. This is the largest Kyrgyz sector which is as big as the whole legal economy is.

4. Gold. There are forty operating deposits.  Two deposits are not working, but they are pretty much attractive since the gold extraction process is simple and the infrastructure is already in place. These are Djerui and Taldy-Bulak Levoberejnyi. Each of them contains 70 tons of extractable gold reserves.

5. Geopolitics. Mountainous area with huge sweet water reserves that is located in the middle of trade crossroads.