The President of Kyrgyzstan received the First Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Amina Mohammed.
According to the press service of the head of state, the parties exchanged views on topical issues of cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and the UN.
Sadyr Japarov noted the important role of the organization in ensuring peace and security, solving global social and economic problems and making important decisions on topical issues on the world agenda.
He focused on the issue of appointment of a new regional coordinator of the UN Counter-Terrorism Office in Central Asia, strengthening his mandate to coordinate projects and management programs, taking into account the joint action plan under the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy for Central Asia and the growing terrorist threats.
He also noted the initiative of Kyrgyzstan, adopted at the 76th session of the UN General Assembly on December 16, 2021, to declare 2022 the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development.
According to him, since Kyrgyzstan is a mountainous country, it attaches great importance to the successful implementation of this initiative.
A high-level meeting on sustainable mountain development is scheduled to be held in September as part of the high-level week of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly. It is planned to offer a number of initiatives for the implementation of programs and projects that effectively protect the interests of mountainous countries, solve the problems of mountainous regions, programs to create a fund for their development, to prevent natural disasters, sustainable energy supply and access to modern technologies and innovations.
The First Deputy Secretary-General of the UN noted satisfaction with the work of Kyrgyzstan at the national, regional and global levels.
«We fully support your program to achieve the sustainable development goals. We support all your efforts to develop the country,» she said.
Amina Mohammed also welcomed the efforts of Kyrgyzstan to amicably resolve the dispute with the Canadian company Centerra Gold Inc.
