The statement says that the false, provocative statements of the President of Kyrgyzstan made for election purposes should not damage the centuries-old ties of friendship and mutual assistance between our countries.

According to the data provided in the statement, for the years of independence, the economy of Kazakhstan has grown 20 times. The total volume of foreign direct investment for the years of independence reached $265 billion.

"Over the years of the country's independence, over 1.1 million Kazakh families have been provided with apartments, more than 61,000 families have improved their living conditions. Every year an average of 270 thousand new jobs are created. The average life expectancy in our country has increased to 72.3 years," the statement said.

At the same time, over the past 15 years, the average salary and pensions have increased in Kazakhstan by more than 10 times. According to the official data of the International Association of Pension and Social Funds, the minimum and average pensions in Kazakhstan are higher than in Kyrgyzstan by 5 and 3 times, respectively.

Sustainable economic development, progressive growth of the country's GDP, allows Kazakhstan to provide all kinds of assistance to partner countries. Kazakhstan pursues a consistent policy of strengthening fraternal and neighborly relations with the Kyrgyz Republic in the spirit of the Treaty on Eternal Friendship of April 8, 1997, and the Treaty on Allied Relations of December 25, 2003.

"All these years, Kazakhstan has always been close to the Kyrgyz people, especially in difficult times, was sympathetic to the requests of the leadership of Kyrgyzstan, helped to the maximum in resolving pressing social and economic problems and provided significant humanitarian assistance, including energy supplies, food and other socially significant goods provision," the statement says.

Within the framework of Kyrgyzstan's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan made a decision to provide technical assistance in the amount of $100 million. More than $20 million has already been allocated for humanitarian assistance to Kyrgyzstan, two general education schools in Bishkek and Osh have been built. The volume of Kazakhstan investments in the economy of Kyrgyzstan amounted to $820 million. Thanks to them, thousands of Kyrgyz citizens are provided with jobs.

At the end of the statement it is noted that "despite the repeated speculations of the President of Kyrgyzstan A. Atambayev, the Government of Kazakhstan intends to further deepen and expand the Kazakh-Kyrgyz strategic partnership and cooperation."

The full text of the statement is posted on the website of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.