Russia's Putin set to visit Kyrgyzstan this week, Bishkek presidential office says
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been scheduled to pay an official visit to take part in an event in Kyrgyzstan this week, the presidential office of the Central Asian country has said.
"At the invitation of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Sadyr Zhaparov, on October 12 of this year, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, will make an official visit to the country," the Kyrgyz presidential administration, Muratbek Azimbakiyev, said in its statement on Wednesday.
Since the start of Moscow's campaign in Donbas in early 2022, Putin has had no official visit abroad.
Reportedly, Putin agreed in May during talks with Zhaparov to visit Kyrgyzstan, but there has been no official confirmation till now from the Kremlin that Putin will travel there.
Putin and Zhaparov are expected to take part in the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Russian military base in the city of Kant, Azimbakiyev told a news conference in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek.
"As part of the upcoming visit, bilateral talks between the head of state (Sadyr Zhaparov) and President Vladimir Putin are planned. The leaders will discuss topical issues of the bilateral and multilateral agenda, as well as prospects for further development of mutually beneficial cooperation," he said.
The Russian leader is also due to travel to China next week for the third Belt and Road Forum in Beijing.
Bishkek will host a meeting of the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on October 13. Kyrgyzstan is presiding over the political bloc this year.
"The summit will take important decisions aimed at expanding and strengthening cooperation between CIS member states in trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres," Azimbakiyev said.
CIS includes several member states, such as Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
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