Bishkek, Sept. 05, 2018. /Kabar/. Director of the State Agency for Local Self-Government and Inter-Ethnic Relations under the Government of Kyrgyzstan Bakhtiyar Saliev met today with the Chinese delegation led by Chairperson of the Committee for Ethnic and Religious Affairs of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Wang Weiguang at the rank of the Minister of the People's Republic of China.
The press service of State Agency for Local Self-Government and Inter-Ethnic Relations reported that during the meeting the sides identified the ways of potential cooperation in the sphere of inter-ethnic relations.
Saliev told about the work being carried out by the State Agency, its objectives and tasks, its role in strengthening and developing inter-ethnic relations in Kyrgyzstan, adopted national documents, which reflect subsequent, mid- and long-term measures for prevention of inter-ethnic conflicts, as well as their current implementation.
Kyrgyzstan is a polyethnic state, which is a home for representatives of more than 80 ethnic communities, which constitute 27% of the country’s population. Today inter-ethnic relations in Kyrgyzstan are moving to a new level of development, the major areas of the state’s ethnic policy will be echoed in the Concept for Civil Integration that is being developed.
“The main purpose of the trip is to explore the experience and practice of Kyrgyzstan in the sphere of inter-ethnic relations and religion. Kyrgyzstan is a good neighbor, good partner of PRC. We need to strengthen the friendly relations between the People’s Republic of China and Kyrgyzstan”, Wang Weiguang said.
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