that was josh crabb in hong kong. voters from kyrgyzstan have elected a new president. latest, i am joined by my colleague. goerges dan has had an interesting history. this election is interesting because it is one of the functioning democracies in that region. most of the stans are autocrats. what we have seen with this vote is that there will be a genuine election as well as a peaceful transfer of power. the first peaceful one since independence in 1991. from what you're saying, it looks like is a lot of challenges of the new leader, sooronbaijeenbekov. it is lot of challenges of the new leader, sooronbai jeenbekov. it is an empire —— impoverished country. sooronbai jeenbekov. it is an empire -- impoverished country. the new leader has promised to clamp down on corruption and wants to improve relations with china and russia in order to have improved trade ties. many of the central asian countries tend to be resource rich they have a lot of oil and other deposits. goerges dan is landlocked and does not have these things but it reduces wheat and tobacco. —— goerges down