The press service of the head of state reported that the President of Kyrgyz Republic,  Sooronbay Jeenbekov made a press statement on his official visit to Germany

According to him, in recent years there has been a significant intensification of political contacts at the high levels between the two countries after Merkel’s visit to Kyrgyzstan in 2016.

Jeenbekov said that important political meetings were held with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the head of the Bundestag, Wolfgang Schäuble, with whom meaningful and productive negotiations were held.

 In addition, the president said that in Munich, he met with the leadership of Bavaria, spoke at the Hanns Heidel Foundation, spoke in detail about the development of Kyrgyzstan.

 Jeenbekov said: "We held a Kyrgyz-German business forum with representatives of the business environment of the two countries. Contacts were established to intensify economic relations. More than 10 documents were signed between governments and departments, a number of contracts and memorandums between our businessmen. The total amount is over 1 billion euro, "

He noted that in the future countries can cooperate in the trade and economic sphere, hydropower, industry, agriculture and tourism.

 Jeenbekov added that in 2019 a new agreement on partnership and cooperation of the European Union with Kyrgyzstan is expected.

 At the meeting with Sooronbay Jeenbekov, Angela Merkel noted that she remembers her visit to Kyrgyzstan.

“I still remember how beautiful this country is. You solve your problems — establishing parliamentary democracy, dealing with natural resources, overcoming geostrategic challenges and multilateral cooperation. All these topics unite us,” said Merkel.

She noted that Germany intends to strengthen bilateral relations in the field of youth exchanges and education.

Angela Merkel stressed that yesterday's economic forum in Munich was a good start to improve economic cooperation.

Zheenbekov’s visit to Germany took place from April 15 to 16. Earlier, the head of state met with compatriots living in this country.

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