Bishkek, Aug. 1, 2023. /Kabar/. On the initiative of the Swedish side, on July 31, a telephone conversation took place between Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Jeenbek Kulubaev and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden Tobias Billström.
During the conversation, the sides discussed issues of cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and Sweden both in bilateral and multilateral formats. In particular, they noted the importance of maintaining political contacts and organizing mutual visits at various levels, the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry reported.
The minister of Sweden briefly informed about the situation related to the burning of a copy of the Holy Book of the Koran, noting the position of the Swedish government on this issue.
For his part, Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev expressed the opinion that the Swedish authorities need to take measures to prevent such negative cases that affect people's religious feelings.
In July, members of the Danish Patriots extremist group repeatedly burned copies of the Koran in front of the Iraqi embassy in Copenhagen, and on July 25 they did it twice, near the embassies of Egypt and Turkiye.
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