Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic to the PRC Mrs. Kanaiym Baktygulova met with the Vice Mayor of Nanning city Mrs. He Ying (Nanning is the administrative center of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region of China)

On September 17, 2019 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic to the PRC Mrs. Kanaiym Baktygulova met with the Vice Mayor of Nanning city Mrs. He Ying (Nanning is the administrative center of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region of China).

During the meeting the parties discussed issues of Kyrgyz-Chinese interregional cooperation, interaction within the framework of the Chinese initiative “Belt and Road”, etc.

Ambassador Baktygulova noted that by the decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sooronbai Zheenbekov 2019 is declared as the year of development of regions and digitalization. In this regard, she stressed the importance of further strengthening the established sister relations between the Kyrgyz regions and China provinces, between the cities of two countries, as well as establishing the new sister city relations. In this context, it is proposed to consider the possibility of establishing the sister relations between the regions of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, as well as between the cities of the Kyrgyz Republic and Nanning.

He Ying told about the ongoing work to prepare for the VII China – Central Asia cooperation Forum, in which the Kyrgyz side is expected to participate at a high level. Regarding the establishment of sister relations, it was noted that the Chinese side will actively study this proposal.