Bishkek, June 25, 2024. /Kabar/. President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Zhaparov, as part of a working visit to the Kingdom of Belgium, met in Brussels with President of the European Council Charles Michel.
The parties discussed current issues of bilateral interaction on a wide range of issues, exchanged views on the prospects for trade and economic cooperation, investment and implementation of joint projects in the field of energy, rare metals, agriculture, etc.
Charles Michel, welcoming Sadyr Zhaparov, noted that he warmly recalled his visit to Kyrgyzstan, which took place last year.
He reaffirmed his commitment to further deepening bilateral large-scale cooperation based on the principles of democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law, as well as economic interaction.
The president of the European Council outlined promising areas of cooperation with Kyrgyzstan, such as energy, environmentally friendly technologies, transport, etc.
In turn, Sadyr Zhaparov thanked Charles Michel for the official invitation, warm welcome and special attention to Kyrgyzstan as a whole.
He noted that today Kyrgyzstan and the European Union stand on the historical threshold of a new level of cooperation. The fact that the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement is signed not only by the European Union, but also by all 27 member states, indicates its importance.
During the conversation, the head of state also outlined the negative consequences of climate change, which affect all countries of the world, including Kyrgyzstan with its thousand-year-old glaciers.
He said that recently in Austria, Vienna, together with the World Bank, a special donor platform was created for the construction of the Kambar-Ata-1 hydro power station, which is one of the largest projects in Kyrgyzstan.
In this context, Sadyr Zhaparov proposed joining the construction of this project, taking into account the EU strategy called “Global Gate”.
The president of Kyrgyzstan also noted that currently cooperation in the field of rare metals is considered one of the most important areas for the Kyrgyz side. Kyrgyzstan has 17 important metals of interest to European countries, 10 of them are found in large quantities, these are europium, gadolinium, niobium, lithium and others.
In this regard, Sadyr Zhaparov invited potential investors and financial institutions to cooperate to implement projects on rare metals.
In addition, the head of state touched upon a strategically important issue for Kyrgyzstan - the sphere of transport, which has not been resolved since 2006.
He noted that in 2006, Kyrgyzstan and the country's airlines were included in the “European Union Aviation Safety List”, in other words, in the “list of prohibited airlines”, due to non-compliance with flight safety requirements. Since then, planes from Kyrgyzstan have stopped flying to European Union countries.
Sadyr Zhaparov emphasized that he himself pays special attention to this issue. Over the past two years, 4 airports have been reconstructed in the country, and a new airport is planned in Jalal-Abad. A special Decree was issued on improving the activities of the State Civil Aviation Agency. All funds necessary to update all buildings and equipment are allocated. Since 2023, the State Civil Aviation Agency has been working closely with the structures of the European Commission. All necessary documents have been provided.
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