Over half a million Kyrgyz citizens receive passports in 2016

10:39, 15 февраля 2017, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Julia KOSTENKO

At least 582,971 passports were issued to Kyrgyz citizens in 2016, the board of the State Registration Service informed today at a meeting.

384,112 citizens got ID cards, 198,859 people- international passports.

In comparison with 2015, the issuance of passports sharply rose in Bishkek, , and Jalal-Abad regions.

In  the capital issued 57,000 passports, in 2016 — 83,700.

24,200 people got passorts in Osh city in 2015, and in 2016 — 54,900.