October 2, 2018, Bishkek

 The Republic of Turkey will transfer migrant pension contributions to Kyrgyzstan.

The chairman of the Social Fund Meder Irsaliev reported this at a meeting of the parliamentary committee on international affairs, defense and security.

According to him, 14 thousand citizens of Kyrgyzstan officially work in Turkey. And in Kyrgyzstan - 5,4 thousand citizens of Turkey.

The governments of the two countries signed an agreement on social security on April 9, 2018 in Ankara.

In accordance with the document, countries recognize the work experience of migrants and will make pension contributions to those who officially worked in their territory.

“If a citizen of Kyrgyzstan has worked in Turkey for 15 years, then upon reaching the retirement age he will be able to receive a pension. Turkey will transfer his pension to us. He can also apply for a pension in Kyrgyzstan in accordance with his experience, ”said Meder Irsaliev.

According to him, the average pension in Turkey is $ 350. The pension fund transfers 23 percent of wages. Men retire at 60, and women at 58.

“Сitizens of Turkey,who work in our country will also be able to retire. According to preliminary calculations, Kyrgyzstan will have to transfer 10 million soms to Turkey every year, ”said Meder Irsaliev.

Social Fund does not yet know how much approximately Turkey will transfer to Kyrgyzstan in a year.

“Turkey has not given us any information about the calculation of the pension. Therefore, we do not know how much we will receive per year in the form of pension contributions for our migrants. But in any case, we will stay in the win, as the number of our migrants is greater than them in our country,” said Meder Irsaliev.

Kyrgyzstan previously had an agreement on social security of citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic only with South Korea. According to the Social Fund, negotiations are underway with the countries of the EAEU, Italy and Georgia.

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