Kazakh Foreign Minister on an official visit to Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek, May 28, 2021 - Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi arrived in Bishkek on an official visit at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Ruslan Kazakbaev.

On the first day of the visit, Mukhtar Tileuberdi held talks with his Kyrgyz counterpart Ruslan Kazakbaev. The parties "compared notes" on a wide range of topical issues of bilateral cooperation, regional and international agendas, and outlined specific measures for the early implementation of the agreements reached at the high and the highest levels.

The ministers discussed ways to increase bilateral trade, develop industrial cooperation and strengthen cultural and humanitarian ties. Special attention was paid to the issues of investment protection and cooperation in the water and energy sector.

Mukhtar Tileuberdi noted that Kazakhstan highly appreciates the good-neighborly and allied relations with Kyrgyzstan that have developed over the years of sovereign development, which are recorded in key bilateral documents: the Agreement on Eternal Friendship and the Treaty on Allied Relations. "The top leadership of our country always adheres to the course of close rapprochement with your state. We are sincerely interested in ensuring that there will always be peace and stability in fraternal Kyrgyzstan", the Kazakh Foreign Minister added.

In turn, Ruslan Kazakbayev thanked the Kazakh side for their constant support, in particular, the humanitarian assistance provided by Kazakhstan in the difficult conditions of the pandemic.

"Kazakhstan is a fraternal republic for us, an eternal friend, a reliable ally and a strategic partner. I would like to note the invaluable role of the First President – Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev in building trusting and truly fraternal relations of mutually beneficial cooperation. President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev continues the consistency of the political course aimed at strengthening cooperation with our country", said Ruslan Kazakbaev. Kyrgyzstan, as before, will pursue a foreign policy aimed at deepening bilateral and multilateral relations with fraternal Kazakhstan, he added.

To date, to further strengthen cooperation in the strategic perspective between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, appropriate mechanisms have been established and are in operation – the Supreme Interstate Council, the Intergovernmental Council, the Council of Foreign Ministers, as well as the Inter-Parliamentary Council for Cooperation.

Kazakhstan is one of the largest investors in the Kyrgyz economy and the accumulated volume of direct investments from 2005 to 2020 amounted to more than 1 billion US dollars. In turn, our country occupies the 3rd place in the trade turnover of Kyrgyzstan.

In accordance with the agreements at the highest level, the organization of conjoined Days of Culture, the opening of monuments to Abai in Bishkek and Manas in Nur-Sultan and the development of joint educational programs are being worked out. Kazakhstan plans to increase the annual quotas for training Kyrgyz youth in universities of Kazakhstan. The possibility of opening branches of leading Kazakh universities in Bishkek is also being studied.

Mukhtar Tileuberdi also met with the Chairman of the Jogorku Kenesh of Kyrgyzstan, Talant Mamytov, and discussed the development of inter-parliamentary cooperation. The parties expressed their common interest in increasing the multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.

During the visit, the Kazakh delegation took part in the wreath-laying ceremony at the Ata-Beyit Memorial Complex.