Kyrgyzstan received Kazakhstan's humanitarian aid to combat COVID-19 pandemic

Bishkek, November 26, 2020 - In the cooperative efforts to combat coronavirus infection, humanitarian aid was transferred to the Kyrgyz Republic on behalf of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

The ceremony, held in Bishkek in the building of the I. K. Akhunbaev Kyrgyz State Medical Academy, was attended by Kazakhstan’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Kyrgyzstan Kairat Nurpeisov, Vice Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Elvira Surabaldieva and the Minister of Health of the Kyrgyzstan Alymkadyr Beishenaliev.

Elvira Surabaldieva noted the development of relations between the two countries in the spirit of strategic partnership and good neighbourliness. "First of all, we are close neighbors and intend to further increase cooperation to the mutual interests. We appreciate your support and express our deep appreciation for your support in the combat against the COVID-19 pandemic," she said.

In turn, Kairat Nurpeisov stressed that in difficult situations, the nations have always offered support to each other.

On November 25, 2020, the humanitarian cargo provided by Kazakhstan arrived in Bishkek and included 400 units of artificial lung ventilation devices and 2 million medical masks produced at Kazakh factories, in particular Tynys JSC, Dolcepharm LLP and Megapharm LLP. The humanitarian cargo, with a total weight of 16 tons, was delivered by land transport in compliance with all sanitary and epidemiological standards. The recipient from the Kyrgyzstan is the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic.