Kyrgyz First Deputy PM to Asharq Al-Awsat: Riyadh, Bishkek Aim to Increase Cooperation in Green Economy

Kyrgyz First Deputy PM to Asharq Al-Awsat: Riyadh, Bishkek Aim to Increase Cooperation in Green Economy

Saudi Arabia and Kyrgyzstan aim to boost their comprehensive partnership amid plans to increase economic, trade, and investment cooperation in infrastructure, renewable energy, hydroelectric power, wind energy, agricultural production technology, and green economy, said First Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Adylbek Kasymaliev.

He told Asharq Al-Awsat in Riyadh that he was confident that Saudi-Kyrgyz relations would develop and continue, noting that his country was looking forward to a better future.

The number of Saudi tourists visiting Kyrgyzstan will likely double next year to 8,000.

Kasymaliev noted that during his recent visit to Saudi Arabia, the meeting of the joint governmental committee supported cooperation and its prospects for the future, especially investment, economic, and trade opportunities and projects that can be implemented in collaboration with partners in the Kingdom.

Work in progress

The Kyrgyz economy needs investments, said the official, noting that the main issues discussed in Riyadh focused on cooperation in several areas, including energy, energy sustainability, green economy, and solar and wind energy.

Kyrgyzstan is rich in reserves of hydroelectric resources and has only exploited ten percent of this energy, said Kasymaliev.

He explained that Kyrgyzstan is full of agricultural potential with fertile land and abundant fresh and irrigation water in mountainous areas. He also addressed