14:15, 07 декабря 2021, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Tatyana KUDRYAVTSEVA
First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Arzybek Kozhoshev held talks with the Deputy Chairman of the People’s Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China in format of a video conference. Press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan reported.
The parties discussed topical issues on the agenda. They also touched upon the issue of organizing a management mechanism at Torugart and Irkeshtam checkpoints to improve their performance. Arzybek Kozhoshev stressed that the full functioning of the checkpoints and optimization of the passage of goods in compliance with sanitary and epidemiological requirements meets the interests of the two countries and will contribute to further expansion of mutually beneficial trade and economic cooperation between the countries.
«Implementation of coordinated and joint actions at the checkpoints on the Kyrgyz-Chinese state border will further simplify the process of movement of vehicles both into Kyrgyzstan and into China. We are counting on mutual political will to find the best solution to increase the freight traffic through Torugart and Irkeshtam checkpoints for the benefit of our nations,» he said.
In turn, the Chinese side expressed willingness to consider topical issues aimed at improving the trade balance between the two countries, as well as the development of further cooperation in a number of areas of mutual interest.