Author: Jamilya Zhunusov

To support increased access to educational materials for children in the Kyrgyz language, Taalim Forum Public Foundation today officially launched Terebel – the Kyrgyz-language digital platform for environmental education – at the K. Bayalinov Republican Children and Youth Library in Bishkek. The platform is supported through the Book Translation Program of the U.S. Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic. Teachers and students from schools in Bishkek and Chui region attended the event, as well as representatives from the U.S. Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Republican Institute of Ecology, Geography and Tourism, and NGO partners…

Kyrgyzstan repatriated dozens of the wives and children of jihadist militants from camps in Syria on. Sunday, as the Central Asian nation returns those stranded by the collapse of ISIS. Thousands, including from Muslim-majority countries in Central Asia, joined jihadist groups like the so-called Islamic State at the height of the Syrian war from 2013 and 2015. Many militants and their family members are now held in detention centres or are stuck in displacement camps, as countries resist calls for their repatriation, citing security threats. “On October 22, 2023, a special aircraft from Syria carried 21 women and 62 children…

The newest kamikaze drone “BAS-80” was handed over to the military-technical center “Tsar’s Wolves”; the drone will be tested in the Northern Military District zone. The new UAV is made of carbon or fiberglass. Thanks to the material, it was possible to ensure that the drone became very light – it weighs only 1.7 kg. The drone has folding wings, which makes it easy to transport – when folded, it fits into a tube and is carried by the user in this form. The UAV is launched from a powder charge. The payload is half a kilogram, but can carry up to two…

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have reached an agreement on 43.32 kilometers of their shared state border, the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan announced. During the period from October 3 to 8, a regular meeting took place in the city of Batken between the topographic working groups and the working groups on legal matters from the government delegations of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The purpose of the meeting was to continue the process of delimitation and demarcation of the Kyrgyz-Tajik state border. The topographic working groups reached an agreement on a segment of the border spanning 43.32 kilometers. Work will continue in order…

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Kyrgyzstan next week, authorities in the Central Asian country said Wednesday, his first trip abroad since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for him. Putin has not left Russia since the Hague-based court issued the warrant in March over the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia. “By the invitation of the president of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov on October 12 the president of the Russian Federation will pay an official visit to our country,” the Kyrgyz news agency Kabar reported, citing an official from the presidential office. Putin is due to…

The Iranian president expressed Tehran’s readiness to share its scientific and technological achievements with Kyrgyzstan, which he hailed as a friendly state. Iran’s policy is based on the development of relations with friendly and brotherly countries, including Kyrgyzstan, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said in a meeting with his Kyrgyz counterpart Sadyr Japarov, held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Monday. “Unfortunately, despite the wishes of the governments of Iran and Kyrgyzstan, the economic and commercial relations between the two countries have not yet expanded proportionate to the existing capacities of the two countries,” Raisi…

Alexandra Solovieva presented her credentials to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeenbek Kulubaev as the new Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Kyrgyz Republic. In her new role, Alexandra Solovieva will strengthen the strategic partnership between UNDP and the Kyrgyz Republic within the framework of national development strategies and priorities along with the UNDP Country Programme and the Strategic Plan, UNDP said. Minister Kulubaev noted the high level of cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and UNDP in the humanitarian, socio-economic, financial, and technical fields, where UNDP has an impact on Kyrgyzstan. At the same time, he stressed…

Kyrgyzstan is celebrating the 32nd anniversary of independence on August 31. A solemn ceremony of raising the state flag of the Kyrgyz Republic was held on the occasion of the country’s Independence Day in Osh city, the southern capital of the country, at the foot of Sulaiman-Too Mountain, Azernews reports, citing Kabar. The President of Kyrgyzstan, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the country Sadyr Zhaparov congratulated the people of Kyrgyzstan on the holiday and noted that this holiday is very dear and significant for all Kyrgyzstanis. “Our people are imbued with a sense of independence and sacredly honor its value, passing…

Krik krik tan?” This was the response that I got from a friend who was trying to repeat the name of the country I was going to visit. Other common responses were, “Where is it?” and “How do you spell it?”, accompanied by frowning faces. These responses boosted my excitement, knowing that I was about to visit a rare territory unknown to many, Kyrgyzstan (pronounced “kur-gis-stan”). Located in Central Asia, it is also known as the land of the nomads and horses. From 1917 to 1991, the Kyrgyz lived in the Soviet Union as residents of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist…

The FSB of Russia stated that, together with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, it stopped an attempt by a “Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group” to penetrate the territory of the Bryansk region in the border area of ​​Starodub. This is reported by TASS with reference to the Center for Public Relations of the FSB. The intelligence service claims that four saboteurs were killed. “At the site of the clash, in addition to foreign weapons, explosive devices, communication and navigation devices, FPV drones with stickers “Property of the FSB of Russia” and Russian symbols were found, which indicates the preparation…