Almazbek Atambayev: My friend, maybe, to become president

«I also think that a friend whom I trust may be a president,» Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev said at a meeting with residents of the village of Yntymak of the Uzgen District.

According to him, young cadres came to the government, on which he lays hopes. «The young jigit I grew up became prime minister. Young cadres came to the government, and I believe that they will follow the path that I started,» Almazbek Atambayev said.

He noted that he doesn’t intend to hold public office after leaving the post of the president, but will monitor the implementation of the work that he started.

Let those who thought that I would take public office sigh with relief.

Almazbek Atambayev

Recall, in April 2017 in Zerger and Zhalpak-Tash landslides came down, 24 people were killed, hundreds of people left their homes. According to the Information Policy Department of the President’s Office, 1,039 families were recognized as victims in the Uzgen district, 1,079 families were recognized as victims, 587 sites allocated in the villages Kyzyl October, Karol and Tortkul in the area of ​​Yntymak, and 118 more in Ana Kyzyl section. It is planned to build three schools and a kindergarten, two medical and obstetric centers.