BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 17. Kyrgyzstan has
proposed intensifying contacts between the parliaments of the two
countries with South Korea.
According to the press service of the President of Kyrgyzstan,
President Sadyr Japarov said this during a meeting with Speaker of
the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Cho Jeong-sik in
Seoul.
"In this regard, Sadyr Japarov identified interparliamentary
cooperation as a key pillar of political dialogue and proposed
intensifying contacts between relevant committees and parliamentary
groups of the two countries," the statement said.
The President stressed the need to improve direct and
trust-based contacts between the parliaments, strengthen mutual
political trust and consistently implement agreements reached at
the highest level.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the
inaugural South Korea-Central Asia Summit held in Seoul on
September 16, 2026, which brought together the presidents of
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan
with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. The summit marked the
first multilateral leaders’ gathering of its kind and resulted in
the adoption of the Seoul Declaration outlining a long-term vision
for cooperation across politics, economy, technology, climate and
people-to-people exchanges.
Meanwhile, Kyrgyzstan and South Korea maintain
political dialogue through contacts between government institutions
and legislative bodies. Interparliamentary cooperation provides an
additional channel for discussing bilateral relations, exchanging
legislative experience and following up on agreements reached at
the leadership level. Greater interaction between parliamentary
committees and groups could provide an additional mechanism for
maintaining regular bilateral dialogue and discussing
sector-specific issues. More direct contacts between legislators
could also support the implementation of existing agreements and
facilitate exchanges on legislative practices.
