Kyrgyzstan’s President Almazbek Atambayev said during a meeting with Tatarstan’s President Rustam Minnikhanov that his country’s upcoming joining of the Eurasian Economic Union (EaEU) will become an impetus for expanding mutually advantageous cooperation with Russia and its regions.
"Kyrgyzstan pays much attention to the development of relations with its major partner - Russia, including the development of relations with its regions. Joining the Eurasian Economic Union would offer our republic wider and deeper bilateral contacts in various spheres," TASS cited the President.
Minnikhanov stressed the importance of developing bilateral relations. "We can see many mutual interests," he said.
The countries agreed to establish an intergovernmental commission on trade, economic, scientific, technical, cultural and humanitarian cooperation.
Tatarstan’s president is now on a two-day working visit to Kyrgyzstan. In Bishkek he has visited the Tatar diaspora, participated in a business forum and met with Prime Minister Dzhoomart Otorbayev.
Annual trade turnover between Kyrgyzstan and Tatarstan is between $25 and $50 million.
