09:56, 06 октября 2023, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Baktygul OSMONALIEVA
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko invites Kyrgyzstan to increase regional cooperation. It was announced at a meeting of the President of Belarus with the Speaker of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan Nurlanbek Shakiev. BelTA reports.
It is reported that Belarus and Kyrgyzstan have many areas of interaction, but they need to strengthen regional cooperation.
«We have many points of contact, starting with sugar beet seeds, which we, unfortunately, cannot produce as well as you do, and have always purchased them from you. And ending with issues of mechanical engineering and cooperation in industry in general... There is room for growth,» Alexander Lukashenko said.
According to him, the two countries need to increase regional cooperation; he also noted the experience of such interaction with Russia. «I would like this experience to be transferred to Belarusian-Kyrgyz relations,» the head of Belarus noted.
Alexander Lukashenko believes that Belarus and Kyrgyzstan already have very good relations at the level of presidents and government.
Trade turnover between the two states in 2022 amounted to $160.2 million, an increase of almost 65 percent compared to 2021.