The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council session.
Mikhail Mishustin meets with Prime Minister and Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of Kyrgyzstan Akylbek Japarov
Mikhail Mishustin and Prime Minister and Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of Kyrgyzstan Akylbek Japarov
Mikhail Mishustin meets with Prime Minister and Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of Kyrgyzstan Akylbek Japarov
Excerpts from the transcript:
Mikhail Mishustin: Good afternoon, Mr Japarov, friends.
I am delighted to see you on the occasion of this year’s first meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council and the Digital Almaty forum.
First of all, I would like to ask you to convey our best regards and wishes to President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov from President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and me.
We are sincerely interested in strengthening our friendly partnership relations with Kyrgyzstan, which have always been based on the principles of mutual respect, neighbourliness and a balance of each other’s interests.
It is important that Russian-Kyrgyz relations and trade and economic cooperation are developing positively. From January through November 2023, mutual trade reached 285 billion roubles. The share of national currencies in interstate transactions exceeded 88 percent. This is of great significance for protecting cooperation between Russia and Kyrgyzstan from the effects of the collective West’s illegal sanctions.
Russia is the largest investment partner in Kyrgyzstan’s economy. We are implementing joint projects in manufacturing, prospecting and mining. We are also creating new jobs throughout Kyrgyzstan and strengthening interregional ties, including between small and medium-sized companies.
I would like to praise the effective work of the Russian-Kyrgyzstani Intergovernmental Commission. Mr Japarov, you co-chair the commission with Alexei Overchuk, and I know that you maintain regular contact with each other. We are always happy to welcome you to Moscow.
We have many opportunities to expand our cooperation. We propose intensifying energy-related work, including projects on renewable energy, peaceful use of nuclear power, as well as transport infrastructure projects and issues related to developing the digital economy. We hope that the Government of Kyrgyzstan will continue to provide comfortable conditions for Russian companies to operate in your country and for attracting investment from Russia.
Kyrgyzstan’s participation in the Eurasian Economic Union provides a reliable basis for deepening cooperation. We promote four freedoms, the freedom of movement for goods, services, workforce and capital. These stimulate the growth of national economies, improvements in the quality of life for the people of both Kyrgyzstan and the Russian Federation, and for all five EAEU member states in general.
In education, we are helping to expand Russian-language teaching in Kyrgyzstan. More than 100 teachers from Russia are working in Kyrgyz schools as part of the Russian Teacher Abroad humanitarian project. I know that you take great interest in these matters. Of course, I would like to thank you for your careful approach to the Russian language and for using Russian as a language of inter-ethnic communication.
Pursuant to the agreements made at the highest level, we are also building nine schools in Kyrgyzstan that will be teaching in Russian and, most importantly, based on the top education standards of both countries.
We are confident that these projects and these schools will become yet another symbol of the fraternal friendship between Russia and Kyrgyzstan.
Mr Japarov, I am ready to discuss all current issue on the bilateral agenda with you.
Akylbek Japarov: Mr Mishustin,
I am delighted to meet with you again and dedicate this time to discussing Kyrgyzstan-Russia cooperation.
But first, Mr Mishustin, I would like to thank you for your interest in and support for the important proposals from Kyrgyzstan that I presented during my recent visit to Moscow.
I would like to inform you that yesterday I had a constructive and open meeting with a team led by Alexei Besprozvannykh (Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade) in Bishkek. Mr Besprozvannykh and his team had a very busy schedule, with on-site trips and meetings at industry-specific government bodies.
I am certain that today’s meeting as well will be an opportunity for us to compare notes on the prospects for bilateral cooperation.
