Kyrgyzstan awarded Gazprom exploration licenses on Wednesday for two oil and natural gas fields and invited the Russian gas monopoly to buy stakes in its state-owned companies.
Gazprom said it would invest up to $300 million to develop the Central Asian nation's fields within the next four years.
Chudinov said the government had also invited Gazprom to take part in the planned privatisation of two state-owned oil and gas companies - Kyrgyzgaz and Kyrgyzneftegaz.
