Cholpon-Ata hosted meeting of Foreign Ministers of Central Asian countries

Cholpon-Ata, July 20, 2022 – Mukhtar Tileuberdi, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, took part in the Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Central Asian States. The foreign ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Kyrgyzstan also attended the event.

The participants discussed the preparations for the upcoming 4th Consultative Meeting of the Heads of Central Asian States, which will be held in Cholpon-Ata on July 21 this year. The foreign ministers preliminarily considered the agenda and the draft of the final documents of the summit. They also discussed the state and prospects of further strengthening regional trade, economic, transport, humanitarian cooperation and regional security issues.

Minister Tileuberdi noted in his statement that in recent years the interstate interaction of Central Asian countries has reached a new level, leading to a breakthrough in the five-sided relations. “Kazakhstan intends to continue contributing to the sustainable development of Central Asia, strengthening stability and security in the region,” the Kazakh Foreign Minister said.

The participants commended Kyrgyzstan for the high level organisation of the event and Kyrgyzstan's efforts to further develop regional integration.

The first Consultative Meeting of the Heads of Central Asian States was held in Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) in March 2018, the second in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) in November 2019, and the third in Turkmenbashi (Turkmenistan) in August 2021.