PM Maripov: China is reliable partner for Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek, March 3, 2021 / Kabar /. “China is a reliable partner for Kyrgyzstan. In this regard, we attach great importance to the comprehensive development of friendly and good-neighborly relations with China," Prime Minister Ulukbek Maripov told during a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic Du Dewen, the press service of the Kyrgyz government reported. The head of government expressed gratitude to the Chinese side for their continued support in the fight against the spread of coronavirus infection. In turn, Du Dewen said that the Chinese government has made a decision to provide another humanitarian aid to combat coronavirus infection, which will be delivered to Kyrgyzstan in the near future. The sides also discussed topical issues of Kyrgyz-Chinese trade and economic cooperation, the provision of vaccines against coronavirus infection by the Chinese side free of charge. On the issue of the full functioning of the Torugart and Irkeshtam checkpoints on the Kyrgyz-Chinese section of the state border, Ambassador Du Dewen informed about the current epidemiological situation in Kashgar region of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. The Kyrgyz side proposed to consider the possibility of increasing the throughput at these checkpoints. The sides also exchanged views on the possible restoration of air communication between the two countries based on the organization of weekly civil and charter flights.