The relevant structures of Kyrgyzstan are working on the issue of resuming servicing of Russian Mir payment cards. The Plenipotentiary Representative in the commission on economic issues under the CIS Economic Commission Ulukbek Karmyshakov said in Moscow.
«This issue is being worked out by the relevant services of the National Bank,» he said.
According to him, refusal to work with Mir cards «creates certain difficulties,» especially for Kyrgyzstanis working in Russia.
In the spring 2024, banks in Armenia and Kyrgyzstan suspended servicing of Mir cards after the National Payment Card System came under blocking U.S. sanctions in February. In April, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Akylbek Japarov said it was a temporary measure. According to him, Bishkek received a letter from a Latvian company that deals with software and maintenance of the republic’s interbank processing center (IPC). It said that the company would disconnect the IPC, if the Mir cards continued to work in Kyrgyzstan.
At the beginning of June, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Pankin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that Russia was working on the issue of resuming the operation of Mir cards in Kyrgyzstan and Armenia.
