Author: Ravshanbek Sabirov

Independent media Kloop believes it’s being punished for investigating Barcelona FC’s new academy in Kyrgyzstan When FC Barcelona opened a new football academy in Kyrgyzstan in late August, the public reaction in the Central Asian state was warm and welcoming. An exhibition match was held to promote the opening of the academy – the first of its kind in Central Asia – in which Barcelona ‘legends’ played against a team of Asian ‘legends’, including Kyrgyzstan’s president Sadyr Japarov, a former member of the national football team. Barely a fortnight on from the sold-out game, a simple good news story had…

Kyrgyzstan’sMinister of Foreign Affairs, Zhanybek Kulubaev, and Germany’sFederal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock, will focus on methods to reinforce bilateral financial collaboration, Trend reviews. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, these discussions will happen throughout Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Minister’s go to to Germany on August 24-25. The go to’s function is to debate the enlargement of Kyrgyz-German political, financial, and cultural-humanitarian cooperation. Minister Kulubaev may also maintain bilateral conferences with authorities from Germany’s Federal President’s and Chancellor’s Offices, a Bundestag member, and different officers. Additionally, he’ll meet with the management of the German Committee on Eastern European…

Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Bakyt Torobaev named joint productions which Belarus and Kyrgyzstan could set up as he spoke during the meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation on 24 August, BelTA has learned. According to him, there is a great untapped potential for cooperation in industry. “The leadership of our countries has repeatedly emphasized the need to create conditions for the development of industrial cooperation and implementation of new infrastructure projects. I would like to emphasize the importance of the working groups on industry, transportation and logistics, which were set up…

Belarus and Kyrgyzstan will advance cooperation in the sphere of railway transport, the Belarusian Railways press service told BelTA. Belarusian Railways and NK Kyrgyz Temir Zholu [Kyrgyz Railways] have signed a memorandum on advancing cooperation in the sphere of railway transport. The Kyrgyz railway company also signed a memorandum on designing railway facilities with the Belarusian state enterprise Belzheldorproyekt Institute. The documents were signed as a Kyrgyz delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Bakyt Torobaev visited Belarus. While in Belarus the delegation also visited the operations control center of Belarusian Railways. The meeting focused on discussing possible avenues of business…

Budapest (12/8 – 33) Mahmadzohir will theoretically be eligible to run for president in 2027. In Tajikistan, only the president is permitted to enjoy an unfettered public profile. An intriguing exception to this norm is emerging, however, with another figure amassing huge levels of apparent popularity and prominence. This person too is a member of the ruling family. Ismoil Mahmadzohir, who turned 26 last month, is the grandson of President Emomali Rahmon. His mother, Firuza, is one of Rahmon’s seven daughters. He attended the Elite British Prep School Queen Ethelburga’s College and is the CEO of IM Group. Mahmadzohir – a visually…

Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to Uzbekistan Dzhamanbaev met with Chairman of the Board of JSC “Uzbekistan Airways” Hudaykulov, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic reported, Azernews reports, citing Kabar. During the meeting, the sides discussed current and future issues in the field of civil aviation. Particular attention was paid to expanding the geography of flights between the countries and the possibility of increasing the frequency of flights by the national air carriers of the two countries. Taking into account the great interest of tourists from both countries and abroad, the Uzbek side was invited to consider and test…

Since the beginning of the year, job fairs have been organized in all regions and cities of Kyrgyzstan, where 19 thousand people took part, the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Migration of the country said, Azernews reports, citing Kabar. More than 1 thousand employers submitted about 25 thousand vacancies. During the events, consultations on employment and vocational training were organized, career guidance tests were organized for schoolchildren, allowing them to better understand in which area they should choose a profession. Every sixth job fair participant was employed or received a job referral. According to data of the ministry, since…

From 19 to 22 July, the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department (TNTD), in close co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek (POiB) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, conducted the OSCE Training-of-Trainers (ToT) course on “Implementing intelligence-led policing in Kyrgyzstan”. This course has provided 20 participants (5 women, 15 men) from national and regional police authorities with the knowledge and expertise to instruct additional law enforcement officers in the practical application of intelligence-led policing (ILP). The training course covered a wide range of topics related to the implementation of ILP including an explanation of the…

Distinguished Chairman of the Board of Trustees of UCA, Dr Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, Dear Princess Zahra Aga Khan and other Trustees of UCA, Dear Governor, Dear Mayor! Dear Faculty! Dear Students! And dear Parents! Allow me to extend my congratulations on the remarkable outcome achieved through our fruitful collaboration! Today, we provide a ticket to a magnificent life to our children, the graduates of one of the few universities in the world whose energy is directed toward enhancing the quality of life of mountain communities. Good luck, dear graduates! I extend my sincere gratitude to His Highness Prince Aga Khan for his invaluable…

The Saudi Fund for Development, represented by its CEO, Sultan bin Abdulrahman Al-Marshad, signed two agreements today in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, with the Kyrgyzstan Minister of Finance Almaz Baketaev, through soft development loans worth $130 million funded by the Saudi Fund for Development. The signing ceremony was attended by Saudi Deputy Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic Saad Al-Dhawayan and several officials from both sides.The first agreement involves financing the construction of 3,000 housing units covering an area of about 255,000 square meters through a soft development loan of $100 million. The project aims to enhance the livelihoods of low-income…