Azerbaijan ready to further strengthen and deepen mutually beneficial co-op with Kyrgyzstan

Cholpon-Ata, Aug. 25, 2022. / Kabar /. Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Akylbek Zhaparov and Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov discussed the prospects for bilateral cooperation within the framework of the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council.

The press service of the Kyrgyz Cabinet said that during the meeting, the head of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstannoted that the official visit of the president of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Republic of Azerbaijan in the spring of this year raised the level of bilateral relations to a qualitatively new level of strategic partnership, which undoubtedly opens up new opportunities for cooperation between our states.

“At the instruction of the leaders of the two countries, on Aug. 16 of this year, a regular meeting of the joint intergovernmental commission was successfully held in Baku. I want to assure that the Kyrgyz Republic remains fully committed to the course aimed at deepening and expanding bilateral relations with the Republic of Azerbaijan,” he said.

Akylbek Zhaparov expressed confidence that holding a decade of culture in the two republics in 2023-2024, perpetuating the memory of the great Kyrgyz writer Chyngyz Aitmatov in the city of Baku, providing quotas for Kyrgyz students to study at higher educational institutions of the Republic of Azerbaijan, including in agriculture, border, oil and diplomatic areas, will contribute to the spirit of strategic cooperation between our countries.

Ali Asadov, in turn, expressed gratitude for the hospitality and noted the readiness to further strengthen and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation.