The head of the Union of Banks of Kyrgyzstan offered Russian banks to include the Kyrgyz national currency in exchange operations. He stated it on the sidelines of the 1st Eurasian Economic Forum in Bishkek.
According to Anvar Abdraev, Kyrgyzstanis turn to him, including migrant workers who work in Russia.
«They say that you can find tenge, Belarusian ruble and Armenian dram in exchange offices and banks in the Russian Federation, but there is no Kyrgyz som there. Given that we are talking about increasing settlements in the EAEU in the national currency, it would be right if the Kyrgyz som is on par with other currencies in Russian banks,» he said.
It should be noted that a clause on the recommendation to Russian banks to include the Kyrgyz som in exchange operations was included in the resolution on the results of the thematic session «Practical aspects of formation of an integrated currency market in the EAEU space».
