(MENAFN - Trend News Agency) Deputy Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Nuran Niyazaliyev received on Thursday Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Kyrgyzstan Shadurdy Meredov, the press service of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, Trend reports citing Kabar .
In the course of the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the state and prospects of Kyrgyz-Turkmen bilateral cooperation.
The importance of further strengthening of strategic partnership and cooperation between the Kyrgyz Republic and Turkmenistan in political and diplomatic, cultural and humanitarian spheres was noted.
Niyazaliyev and Meredov considered issues of deepening trade and economic cooperation, transport and implementation of infrastructure projects, including trade, investments and energy supplies.
This investigation was conducted jointly with Umut 2020, a new Kyrgyz popular movement focused on investigating corruption. You can watch their video of the report at the bottom of this post (Russian).
On November 10th, the businessman Aierken Saimaiti, who had an arrest warrant international arrest warrant issued after fraud allegations, was shot dead in Istanbul. In his pockets, the Chinese citizen and ethnic Uyghur had the keys to a Range Rover that was parked nearby. This Range Rover had diplomatic plates and was owned by the Kyrgyz Consulate General in Istanbul. Earlier this year, Saimaiti was involved in an Azattyk investigation regarding him being an alleged partner of Raim Matraimov, arguably the most influential figure in the region.