On June 14, 2024, a meeting was held between the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Republic of Turkiye Ruslan Kazakbaev with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkiye Nuh Yilmaz.

During the meeting, the parties discussed the current state and prospects for the development of bilateral political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation.

The schedule of upcoming events and planned visits and meetings at the highest and high levels this year were reviewed.

The parties discussed in detail the issues of developing and deepening bilateral trade and economic relations and increasing mutual trade turnover between the countries, including through the establishment of the Kyrgyz-Turkish Development Fund (investment), as well as issues of deepening cooperation in the educational sphere between the countries.

The Kyrgyz side noted the importance of the speedy resumption of the implementation of the Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Health and Medical Sciences, which provides for annual free treatment of 150 citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic in medical institutions in Republic of Turkiye and expressed a request to expand the provided quota to 500 people per year.

Ambassador R. Kazakbaev and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nuh Yilmaz also discussed in detail the interaction of the parties at multilateral platforms, including upcoming events within the Organization of Turkic States and mutual support for initiatives in the United Nations.