Kyrgyz ambassador asks Germany to simplify issuance of visas to Kyrgyzstanis

Bishkek, Aug. 12, 2022. / Kabar /. Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to Germany Omurbek Tekebaev met with new head of the Division for South Caucasus and Central Asia at the German Foreign Ministry Matthias Vollert. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan said that the issues of development of bilateral cooperation in various fields, plans for the exchange of visits and other joint events were discussed at the meeting. Tekebaev briefed about the initiatives of Kyrgyzstan on the announcement of 2022 within the framework of the UN the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development, the Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountain Regions, as well as on holding within the framework of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in September 2022 in New York High-level meetings on sustainable mountain development. He asked the German side to support these initiatives of Kyrgyzstan and take an active part. The Kyrgyz ambassador also raised issues in the consular sphere and turned to the German side with a request to simplify the procedure for legalizing documents issued by the Kyrgyz Republic, as well as faster reception of citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic at the German Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic to apply for visas, as well as simplify the procedure for issuing them.