14:33, 04 февраля 2019, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Anastasia MOKRENKO
The President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov met with the Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov, who arrived in Bishkek with an official visit. The press service of the head of state reported.
«We are always glad to meet our Russian friends. Your official visit is taking place before a significant political event — the state visit of the Russian President Vladimir Putin to Kyrgyzstan,» Sooronbai Jeenbekov stressed.
He outlined that with the accession of Kyrgyzstan to the Eurasian Economic Union, the relations have shifted to a new, higher-quality level of cooperation.
«I am pleased to note the positive growth in trade turnover between our countries,» the president said.
The Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov told that his visit to Bishkek was devoted to preparations for Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Kyrgyzstan and the meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission that would be held on March 1, 2019.
Participants of the meeting exchanged views on topical issues of bilateral and multilateral cooperation, including the upcoming meetings of the SCO Heads of State Council and the CSTO Collective Security Council under the chairmanship of Kyrgyzstan.