Russia is Kyrgyzstanâs main ally, trade and economic partner, says President Japarov
In turn, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the trade turnover between Russia and Kyrgyzstan in Q1 of 2021 grew by 6%, this trend must be maintained
SOCHI, May 24. /TASS/. Russia is the main ally and trade and economic partner of Kyrgyzstan, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov said on Monday at a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Sochi. Russia is our main ally, trade and economic partner, so I hope for fruitful negotiations on all issues, he said.
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In turn, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the trade turnover between Russia and Kyrgyzstan in Q1 of 2021 grew by 6%, this trend must be maintained. Unfortunately, last year the trade turnover slightly dipped due to the pandemic. But in the first quarter of this year, we are already seeing an increase of 6%. This is a good trend that we need to maintain, including through using the intergovernmental comm
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Armenia s future looks bleak in the aftermath of war with Azerbaijan
25 May 2021, 06:40 GMT+10
More than six months have passed since the second Karabakh war , as it is now called, came to an abrupt end last year with Armenia all but defeated. The ceasefire hastily signed on November 9 - after Azerbaijan took the historically significant fortress town of Shushi/Shusha in the mostly Armenian-inhabited enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh - may have brought active hostilities to an end, but left many questions unanswered.
For the first time since the earliest days of the conflict, Russian forces were introduced into those parts of the region still under ethnic Armenian control - marked orange on the map below - to guard the peace between the two sides. Under the terms of the agreement, Armenian forces also withdrew from territories adjacent to parts of the contested region - the dark green coloured areas on the map. The blue areas of the map show the territories that were recaptured by Azer
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