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Anadolu Agency
April 20, 2018
Kyrgyzstan protected its culture with the help of its Turkish brothers, according to the Kyrgyz Minister of Culture, Information and Tourism Sultanbek Jumagulov. “We were under danger of disappearing in a great state and we were able to protect our own language, our culture and our history with the help ofÃâà...
MFA China
April 20, 2018
At the invitation of State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj of India, Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov of Kazakhstan, Foreign Minister Erlan Abdyldaev of Kyrgyzstan, Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif of Pakistan, Foreign Minister SergeyÃâà...
Trend News Agency
April 20, 2018
Baku, Azerbaijan, April 20. By Ali Mustafayev – Trend: Kyrgyzstan's First Deputy Minister Dinara Kemelova met with Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Center, Ambassador Marcel Pesko, Kyrgyz media outlets reported. During the meeting, the issues of strengthening fruitful cooperation betweenÃâà...
EurasiaNet
April 19, 2018
The president of Kyrgyzstan has earned some brownie points with the activist and media community by dropping onerous libel claims against a ... off with much pomp by Prime Minister Sapar Isakov, one his last big-name allies in government, and he was accompanied by a small clique of former officials.
EurasiaNet
April 17, 2018
If any firm conclusion can be drawn from that period, it is that friendships and politics are poor bedfellows in Kyrgyzstan, as the latter looks to suffocate the ... Bolot Suyumbayev, who served as a deputy head of the State Committee for National Security, the successor agency to the KGB, was sacked alongÃâà...
Trend News Agency
April 16, 2018
President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov will pay an official visit to Russia in mid-May to attend the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic ... During the visit, Jeenbekov met with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a narrow and extended format, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim andÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 15, 2018
Kyrgyzstan has a long history of a troubled mining industry which is at the center of another debacle this week after violence erupted at the Chinese investor ... impact assessment of the project on construction of a gold recovery plant and hold public hearings," according to a state agency official last month.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 15, 2018
The latest Majlis podcast looks at new Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov's removal of a series of officials left over from his predecessor's administration. Is there a showdown ... From Bishkek, well-known political activist and former government official Edil Baisalov took part. From the United States, weÃâà...
EurasiaNet
April 14, 2018
In a widely anticipated move, the president of Kyrgyzstan has signed off on the firing of the General Prosecutor. ... In another high-level personnel change on April 13, Jeenbekov accepted the resignation of deputy Prime Minister Askarbek Shadiyev, who is facing potential corruption charges. Shadiyev wasÃâà...
EurasiaNet
April 13, 2018
Border officials in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have agreed to intensify coordination following the recent fatal shooting of a Kyrgyz citizen by Uzbek frontier guards. Following a meeting in the Uzbek city of Namangan this week, officials from both countries agreed to forbid the deployment of live fire againstÃâà...
Times of Central Asia
March 26, 2018
... processes at the local level, it is an important element of democracy, which strengthens accountability of local authorities towards citizens and enables an effective and efficient use of public resources,” said Danielle Meuwly Monteleone, Deputy Head of the Embassy of Switzerland in the Kyrgyz Republic.
TOLOnews
March 26, 2018
On Sunday, Uzbek foreign minister Abdulaziz Kamilov and Afghan deputy minister of foreign affairs, Hekmat Khalil Karzai presided over a meeting of experts where they agreed on the draft final declaration of the Tashkent Declaration, which will be submitted for approval by the heads of delegations of theÃâà...
Trend News Agency
March 26, 2018
The delegation of Kyrgyzstan headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Erlan Abdyldaev arrived in Tashkent to participate in the international conference on Afghanistan "Peace Process, Cooperation in the Sphere of Security and Regional Cooperation", Kabar with reference to the press service of the KyrgyzÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 26, 2018
In Kyrgyzstan, from the capital city of Bishkek to the most far-flung mountain villages, Nowruz is centered around the national pastime sport of Kok Boru (known as Kokpar in Kazakhstan and Buzkashi in Afghanistan). This traditional nomadic game primarily played by men constitutes an important dimensionÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 25, 2018
Mehmet Sureyya Er, TIKA's vice president; Almazbek Baatirbekov, a Kyrgyz lawmaker; Amanbay Kayipov, Governor of Naryn; TIKA officials and local people attended the opening ceremony. Er underlined that the agency attaches great importance to health sector activities in Kyrgyzstan. "TIKA and TurkeyÃâà...
EurasiaNet
March 22, 2018
Ultimately, this route will join up with China,” Uzbekistan Railways official Abdurahim Hikmatov told Eurasianet. Talk of linking up to China is probably premature, however, since the varying gauges present a significant technical difficulty. Kyrgyzstan and other former Soviet republics run on 1,520-millimeterÃâà...
Times of Central Asia
March 21, 2018
This work has been intensified after Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister Sapar Isakov criticized the SMS for delaying the process of issuing work permits. ... According to official data, 640 thousand Kyrgyz citizens are now working in Russia, which is 88% of the total number of Kyrgyz migrants. The State MigrationÃâà...
EURACTIV
March 19, 2018
In a wide-ranging interview, Galymzhan Koishybayev, deputy minister of foreign affairs of Kazakhstan, told EURACTIV about the results of a recent summit of the Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan) and the past and the future of regional cooperation.
The Diplomat
March 17, 2018
What's new is the official confirmation that the U.S.-Kyrgyzstan security relationship has deteriorated since 2014, when the Americans left the Manas Transit Center and the bilateral defense cooperation agreement ended. “The Kyrgyz Republic has increasingly aligned its interests with Russia and China,”Ãâà...
Pakistan Observer
March 16, 2018
Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan, Major General Rayimbedi Duyshenbiev called on Federal Minister for Defence, Engr. Khurram Dastgir Khan in his office at Ministry of Defence Rawalpindi on Thursday. While welcoming the dignitary the Defence Minister said that Pakistan greatlyÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 16, 2018
On March 6, Kyrgyzstan's President Sooronbay Jeenbekov invited 40 representatives of the national media to a meeting at the state residence Ala Archa, .... In short, Alkanova was directly linking the acting prime minister, his brother, and close associates to the privatization of the luxury compound at aÃâà...
The Jamestown Foundation
February 28, 2018
The security forces of Kazakhstan carried out a special operation on February 16, and detained 29 members of a criminal gang, which included customs officials as well as law enforcement officers. Among those arrested was Damirbek Asylbek ulu, a deputy of the parliament of neighboring Kyrgyzstan.
EurasiaNet
February 22, 2018
This development, which Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Ministry announced on February 22 after receiving confirmation from officials in Astana, means ... According to his profile on the Kyrgyz parliament website, he is the deputy president of the Asian Associated Wrestling Committee at the Olympic Council of Asia.
AzerNews
February 19, 2018
Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic Sapar Isakov met with European Union (EU) Special Representative for Central Asia Peter Burian, Kabar with reference to the the press service of the Kyrgyz Government reported. The Kyrgyz prime minister thanked the European Union for the continued support ofÃâà...
The Diplomat
December 31, 1999
The Kyrgyz delegation included Minister of Foreign Affairs Erlan Abdyldaev; Minister of Economy Artem Novikov; Minister of Agriculture Nurbek Murashev; Vice Prime Minister Sanjar Mukanbetov and two parliamentary deputies, Almazbek Baatyrbekov of the Kyrgyzstan Party, part of the ruling coalition, andÃâà...
AzerNews
December 31, 1999
During the visit, the head of the military department of the Kyrgyz Republic met with Minister of Defense of the Islamic Republic of Iran Khurram Dastagir Khan, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the IRP, General Zubair Mahmud Hayat and other high-ranking officials of the high command of the ArmedÃâà...
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