Shavkat Mirziyoyev may visit Kyrgyzstan in early June

Kyrgyzstan announced that the EU-Central Asia summit will be held in Cholpon-Ota on June 2. It is expected to be attended by the head of the European Council, the presidents of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and the deputy prime minister of Turkmenistan.
The press service of the Kyrgyz head of state reported that the second "European Union - Central Asia" summit will be held in the Kyrgyz city of Cholpon-Ota on June 2 under the chairmanship of President Sadir Japarov.

According to the Kyrgyz side, the head of the Council of Europe Charles Michel, the president of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the president of Kyrgyzstan Sadir Japarov, the head of Kazakhstan Kasim-Jomart Tokayev, the leader of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and the chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan will attend the summit. Deputy Nurmuhammet Amannepesov will participate.

The state and prospects of political, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian cooperation between the two regions will be discussed, current issues on the international agenda and mutual cooperation between the countries of Central Asia and the European Union will be exchanged.

In addition, President Sadir Japarov will hold bilateral meetings with heads of delegations.

The previous, first summit of the leaders of the European Union and Central Asian countries was held on October 27, 2022 in Astana. President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who spoke at the meeting, noted that the global and regional situation requires the European Union to support the integration of Central Asia more actively. He also suggested developing a strategic program for deepening trade-economic cooperation and development of transport-communication relations within this format.