Russia remains Kyrgyzstan's main trade and economic partner, First Deputy Prime Minister Artem Novikov told on Tuesday during a meeting with Russian Ambassador to the country Nikolai Udovichenko, the press service of the Kyrgyz government reports.
"Russia has always been and remains a reliable strategic partner of Kyrgyzstan and the main trade and economic partner. We are all also committed to all our previous commitments in both bilateral and multilateral formats," the press service quotes Novikov.
First Deputy Prime Minister also noted that the Kyrgyz side intends to continue "active work to develop and deepen bilateral trade and economic, scientific and technical, humanitarian cooperation," as well as cooperation "in the framework of the Eurasian economic integration and the CIS.
According to Novikov, Kyrgyzstan expects to "build effective economic cooperation with the Russian side" in the near future, and therefore, the Government of the republic "will prepare proposals for further development of bilateral relations in the economic sphere".
"Despite the situation in Kyrgyzstan, Russian investors show great interest in working in your market," the Russian Ambassador assured Novilov. He also considers it important to draw the attention of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic to the problem of protection of investors, "including Russian". "I can confidently say that the Russian Federation is an ally for the Kyrgyz Republic, without any doubt", Udovichenko said.
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Photo: Government of the Kyrgyz Republic
Based on materials from TASS