Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbaev has met the U.S. Charge d'Affaires ad interim in the Kyrgyz Republic Alan Meltzer and the Deputy Chief of the U.S. Mission to the Kyrgyz Republic Sonata Coulter on August 18, 2021.

During the meeting, the parties have discussed a wide range of topical issues on the bilateral agenda.

Minister Kazakbaev has expressed gratitude to the American side for the joint activities with the Kazakh side to safely evacuate 15 Kyrgyz citizens from Afghanistan. Minister has also expressed gratitude for the earlier evacuation of citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic to a third country. The parties have noted the importance of finding opportunities for the joint evacuation of children and women who are citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic from Syria and Iraq.

R.Kazakbaev informed about the instruction of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic S.Zhaparov to provide the necessary humanitarian assistance to the friendly multinational people of Afghanistan. In this regard, it was announced about the provision of up to 500 visas to students from Afghanistan to study at universities in Kyrgyzstan, as well as on the providing of humanitarian aid in the form of essential products as the situation stabilizes and the safety of aircrafts of the Kyrgyz Republic in Afghanistan is ensured.

The American side has positively noted the decision of the Kyrgyz side to provide student visas to the citizens of Afghanistan and announced the preliminary readiness of the United States at this stage to finance the education of up to 150 Afghan students at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek.

The progress of negotiations on the draft basic Agreement on cooperation, as well as other priority areas of bilateral and multilateral cooperation have been discussed during the meeting.

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