Fitch said rating based on majority state ownership, significant systemic importance, capital and liquidity support.

World Bank said that about 250,000 people living along the Salyan-Bilasuvar road would benefit from upgraded road infrastructure, as well as improved economic opportunities and easier access to essential service facilities.

Kazakhstan, the world’s ninth biggest country by land mass, yet sparsely populated (19 million, or at 197th in density, one of the lowest in the world), might not be associated with the rush to “Green energy”.

The vast country, with its relatively small population, attracts about 60 percent of all capital invested in the five former Soviet Central Asian states.