The XI Russian-Kyrgyz Interregional Conference was held in Krasnoyarsk. The business program of the event is attended by more than 700 representatives of business, public organizations and authorities of the two countries.
The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin addressed the participants of the conference with welcoming words and President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Zhaparov. The plenary session was attended by Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexey Overchuk and Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan – Head of the Presidential Administration of Kyrgyzstan Akylbek Zhaparov, the website of the Government of the Russian Federation reports.
“Kyrgyzstan is a strategic partner and ally of Russia. Our relationship is based on a common history, mutual respect and trust. Modern cooperation between Russia and Kyrgyzstan is a partnership with more than 30 years of creative experience”,- said Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexey Overchuk.
The Russian Federation and Kyrgyzstan are conducting a meaningful dialogue and strengthening cooperation within the framework of multilateral formats, including the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
“The EAEU occupies almost a third – 27.8% – of Kyrgyzstan’s trade turnover. The Union is the main market for goods of the Kyrgyz light and chemical industries, food products. For example, 84% of exports of Kyrgyz textiles and ready-made clothing, more than 56% of exports of food products are sent to the EAEU markets,” Alexey Overchuk said.
Investment cooperation between the two countries is actively developing. A number of major joint projects in the fields of industry, transport and energy are being discussed. Separately, the countries pay great attention to cooperation in the humanitarian sphere: in the fields of culture, education, science, sports and youth interaction.
“In this regard, I would like to thank the leadership of the Kyrgyz Republic for their attentive attitude to the Russian language, its support and development in the republic. We also talked about this a lot today (during the IPC meeting). Thanks to this work, today we have the opportunity to communicate without a language barrier, in one language – this is our huge advantage. The Russian language is a part of our common history, our modern life, and it is very important that the next generations of our peoples have the opportunity to communicate freely with each other without an interpreter,” Overchuk stressed.
Russian Russian language education development, popularization of Russian culture in the Kyrgyz Republic is also important in this regard, as is popularization of Kyrgyz culture here in Russia.
“To do this, we are also implementing a project to build nine joint Russian-Kyrgyz schools. After the completion of this project, we expect that 11 thousand students will be enrolled in these schools. We also worked in detail with Akylbek Usenbekovich (Zhaparov) We considered this issue and heard how the project is being implemented.
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