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Kyrgyzstan Proposes Expanded Cooperation With India in Pharmaceuticals and IT

From 24.kg · () Russian

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  • Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed trade, investment and health-care cooperation in Bishkek.
  • Japarov identified education, medicine, pharmaceuticals and information technology as priority areas.
  • The two sides agreed to define specific steps for raising bilateral cooperation to a new level.

Kyrgyzstan and India agreed to map out specific steps for expanding cooperation after President Sadyr Japarov met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bishkek on Aug. 31.

The talks covered trade, investment and health care. Japarov named education, medicine, pharmaceuticals and information technology as the most promising fields for closer ties.

Japarov congratulated Modi on the 80th anniversary of Indiaโ€™s independence and described relations between the two countries as traditionally friendly and strategic. Modi thanked the Kyrgyz side for its welcome and said relations were developing dynamically.

The Indian prime minister said New Delhi was ready to broaden mutually beneficial cooperation and strengthen its strategic partnership with Kyrgyzstan. The leaders concluded by agreeing to identify concrete measures to take bilateral cooperation to a new level.

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