The President of Kyrgyzstan arrived in Astana to participate in the VI Consultative Meeting of Heads of State of Central Asia and the first Summit of Heads of State of the Dialogue "Central Asia + Japan", where issues of further development of integration processes will be discussed. At the airport Sadyr Japarov was met by the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov.

Trade turnover between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan at the end of last year increased by more than 26%. For 5 months of the current year the volume of mutual trade amounted to $614.3 mln. Export of Kazakhstani goods increased by 6.7%.

At present, at the level of governments, joint work is being carried out to fulfill the provisions of the Treaty on deepening and expanding allied relations between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, signed by the Heads of State in April this year. In particular, to increase trade-economic and transport-logistic cooperation, deepen cooperation in the water-energy sector and agriculture.

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