Bishkek, April 20, 2023. /Kabar/. As part of a working trip to the city of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic Akylbek Zhaparov met with Vice President, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the UAE, Minister for Presidential Affairs Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reported.

During the talks, the current state and prospects for deepening bilateral cooperation in trade, economic, educational, humanitarian, investment, energy and other areas were discussed.

The parties paid special attention to the issues of creation and further functioning of the joint open joint stock company Abu Dhabi Kyrgyz Investment. In addition, the implementation of the agreements reached during the visit of the president of Kyrgyzstan to the UAE in October 2022 was considered, and issues of further cooperation in all areas of mutual interest were discussed, the report said.

The participants noted the high dynamics of increasing the volume of Emirati investments attracted to the economy of Kyrgyzstan, including the implementation of projects in the energy sector. In this context, a project was singled out for the construction of a solar power plant by the Emirati company Masdar in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, as well as a number of other investment projects.

Following the meeting, the parties expressed their commitment to the further development of bilateral relations, diversification of trade and investment cooperation and attraction of investments for the implementation of projects in the Kyrgyz Republic from among the leading companies of the UAE, which will make it possible to fully utilize the existing potential of economic partnership between the two countries.