The 12th cultural festival, dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the independence of the Kyrgyz Republic, was held in the village of Ulupamir in Van Province, Turkey. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic reported.
A record increase in electricity consumption amid an extreme heatwave has been registered in Kyrgyzstan, Energy Minister Altynbek Rysbekov said at a briefing.
According to a new report by UN Women, women are increasingly shaping migration patterns in Europe and Central Asia.
An international Center for Civilizational Studies, Manas and Mahabharata, has been opened in Bishkek to conduct comparative research on the Kyrgyz epic Manas and the Indian epic Mahabharata, while promoting academic and cultural cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and India.
President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov received Kürsad Zorlu, Member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Deputy Chairman of the Justice and Development Party, and Head of the Department for Relations with Turkic States. The meeting took place in Cholpon-Ata.
Deputy Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Meder Abakirov and State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia Marek Eshtok held interagency consultations and discussed the current state and prospects for the development of Kyrgyzstan — Slovakia relations, trade, economic, investment, cultural, and humanitarian cooperation, as well as cooperation between Central Asia and the European Union.
Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Adylbek Kasymaliev and Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Turchin, who arrived in the country on an official visit, held a bilateral meeting.
Kyrgyzstan has put a new system for organizing the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages up for public discussion. Authorities are proposing to fully digitalize the pilgrimage process, make the allocation of places more transparent, and strengthen control over the spending of pilgrims’ funds.
