Kyrgyzstan proposes creating SCO legal center

Bishkek, July 6, 2018. / Kabar /. In Kyrgyzstan, it is proposed to create a legal center for the SCO. Alikbek Jekshenkulov, ex-Foreign Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, voiced such a proposal at the round table to discuss the prospects of Kyrgyzstan's chairmanship in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. He said that Kyrgyzstan has precedents when Kyrgyzstan does not have successes in certain issues in international courts. For example, on the issues of Kumtor and Jeruy. "For 27 years of independence, the country has no lawyers who would protect our economic and other issues at the international level. The second part, the protection of the rights of citizens of the SCO members in other regions of the world," he said. Jekshenkulov recalled that Kyrgyz lawyers could not help it when a Kyrgyz was detained in another country two years ago for transporting drugs. In addition, the former Foreign Minister said that the legal center could be created at the level of the Diplomatic Academy. "Such an initiative should be offered to the president of the country," he said.