Today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, Jeenbek Kulubaev, met with Monica Lenhard, the Ambassador of Germany to Kyrgyzstan. During the meeting, the minister congratulated Lenhard on her new position and expressed his intention to develop Kyrgyz-German cooperation in various areas, including politics, economy, investment, and culture.
On October 29, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, Meder Abakirov, held a meeting with the Ambassador of India to Kyrgyzstan, Birender Singh Yadav. According to information from the ministry, the discussion covered the current state of Kyrgyz-Indian relations as well as their future prospects. Issues related to the implementation of previously reached agreements, developed during high-level official visits, were discussed, with a particular focus on cooperation in
Sovereign Kyrgyzstan is an equal member of the international community. One of the most important tasks of any sovereign state is to establish equal relations with other countries of the world. Remember, could Kyrgyzstan independently engage with foreign states during the Soviet era? Did they recognize Kyrgyzstan as a sovereign independent state? Of course not. Because at that time, Kyrgyzstan was considered just a part of the great power of the USSR. Only after the proclamation of
A special direction of foreign policy activity during the past period has been the development of cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and donor countries and international financial institutions. This cooperation has played a significant role in carrying out economic and political reforms.
The development of relations between Kyrgyzstan and European countries opens the way for integration into the community of developed, democratic states. The implementation of this task can be carried out through bilateral and multilateral diplomacy channels.
On December 27, 1991, the Government of the People's Republic of China recognized the independence of Kyrgyzstan. The People's Republic of China and Kyrgyzstan are neighboring states with a long shared border of 1,071.8 km. Historically and geographically, the territory of Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in western China belong to a unified political and cultural region, represented by related peoples who share similar beliefs and languages. This proximity
The USA was among the first to recognize the independence of Kyrgyzstan, establishing diplomatic relations on December 27, 1991. In February 1992, the US embassy opened in Bishkek. The legal framework for bilateral relations, established during mutual visits at various levels, consists of more than 20 agreements.
In the political, economic, and spiritual spheres, Kyrgyz-Russian allied interaction has developed in an upward trajectory during this time. The Russian direction, as the main priority, had a solid foundation and was filled with new and real content year after year.
Kyrgyzstan borders one of the most developed regions of Kazakhstan — Almaty. This proximity explains the fact that the most developed region of Kyrgyzstan is the Chui region. The problems of Kazakhstan related to the lack of water and electricity in the southern regions determine the demand for resources from Kyrgyzstan. The alliance with Kazakhstan has repeatedly been a decisive factor in the formation of regional organizations.
Kyrgyzstan borders Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan — friendly states that are close in cultural-historical, ethnic, and confessional terms, and is also located in the same region as another Central Asian state — Turkmenistan. Kyrgyzstan actively participates in various integration processes, in which other Central Asian countries are also involved to varying degrees. Currently, the Central Asian countries are addressing unresolved issues from the past that affect various aspects of
Within the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States, a priority direction for Kyrgyzstan has been economic interaction within the CIS, with a real move towards a free trade zone. Based on this, the Kyrgyz Republic expressed its agreement to maintain the structure of the economic bodies of the CIS and to form a unified economic zone, in which, in the foreseeable future, the necessary conditions for the free movement of goods, services, capital, and labor can be created.
Kyrgyzstan was the first among the former Soviet countries to successfully complete the negotiation process with the WTO and became its official member in December 1998.
Kyrgyzstan became a member of the United Nations on March 2, 1992. The UN Permanent Mission in Kyrgyzstan was opened in 1993, shortly after the republic gained independence. Over the years, the UN representation in the Kyrgyz Republic has expanded and strengthened, and currently, numerous UN programs and agencies carry out diverse activities not only at the national level but also at the local level.
Kyrgyzstan is a state in the Central Asian region, whose location has significant geopolitical and geo-economic importance as a connecting bridge between the West and the East, as well as the North and the South. Kyrgyzstan, like other Central Asian states, is a meeting point of four cultural and civilizational layers: European, Arab-Muslim, Persian, and Chinese. This circumstance, on one hand, created favorable conditions for the development of bilateral and multilateral cooperation in
The foreign policy of the Kyrgyz SSR was built in accordance with the foreign policy course of the USSR. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the republic. The ministry's staff consisted of five to six people.
During the period in question, Kyrgyzstan was unable to conduct any foreign policy. However, individual Kyrgyz biis, both as part of the Kokand Khanate (Kushchu-biy — mid-18th century, Nuzup-biy — 1830s, Alymbek datka — 1850s-60s, and Alymkul atalyk — 1860s) and independently, intervened in international affairs (Atake-biy, who sent an embassy to St. Petersburg in 1785-1787, Ormon-khan — 1840s-50s, Kachybek Sheralin — 1850s). These actions were aimed at establishing relations between the
The Turkic states pursued an active foreign policy and participated in geopolitical games in the Eurasian space. Starting from the VI century AD, control over the Silk Road permanently passed to the Turkic states. The outstanding Turkic leader Kagan Istemi sent an embassy from the shores of Issyk-Kul to the world center of that time — Byzantium. This step was the first major geopolitical act of the Turkic kagans aimed at forming a triple alliance — the Turkic Kaganate - China - Byzantium —
Since the Sakas did not have a centralized state, they did not conduct a specific foreign policy. Nevertheless, as mentioned above, the Sakas were direct participants in historical events of the 6th to 4th centuries BC, related to the campaigns of the Persians and Greeks in Central Asia.
