{"id":4003,"date":"2019-06-15T09:10:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T09:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/?p=4003"},"modified":"2019-06-15T09:10:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T09:10:17","slug":"pakistan-kyrgyz-republic-agree-to-upgrade-cooperation-strengthen-land-air-connectivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-kyrgyz-republic-agree-to-upgrade-cooperation-strengthen-land-air-connectivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan-Kyrgyz Republic Agree to Upgrade Cooperation &#038; Strengthen Land, Air Connectivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4004\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4004\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4004\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/imran-kyrgyz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/imran-kyrgyz.jpg 700w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/imran-kyrgyz-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/imran-kyrgyz-696x538.jpg 696w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/imran-kyrgyz-543x420.jpg 543w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prime Minister Imran Khan shaking hands with President of Kyrgyzstan Mr. Sooronbay Sharipovich Jeenbekov in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on 13 June, 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bishkek-The Prime Minister Imran Khan\u00a0 had a cordial meeting with the Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Sharipovich Jeenbekov on the sidelines of the SCO summit, a statement released by the Prime Minister Office said.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radio.gov.pk\/13-06-2019\/pm-imran-khan-to-represent-pakistan-at-sco-meeting-beginning-today\">Radio Pakistan<\/a><\/em>, Kyrgyz President Jeenbekov had extended the invitation to Prime Minister Imran to attend the two-day summit.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister congratulated the Kyrgyz president on hosting the summit, who in turn &#8220;appreciated Pakistan&#8217;s role in the SCO&#8221;, the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The two countries agreed to strengthen land and air connectivity between Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  one-half  palm--one-whole  media--right    media--uneven  media--stretch\">\n<div class=\"media__item  \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/primary\/2019\/06\/5d0299f6b8d02.jpg\" alt=\"Prime Minister Imran Khan in a meeting with  Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov. \u2014 Photo courtesy PM Office\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"media__caption  \"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The two leaders also reviewed bilateral relations and agreed to comprehensively upgrade mutual cooperation in diverse fields,&#8221; according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, both leaders also agreed to a &#8220;joint ministerial commission and bilateral political consultations soon&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It was also decided that Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan must enhance people-to-people contact and boost tourism through visa-friendly regimes.<\/p>\n<p>PM Imran extended an invitation to the Kyrgyz President to visit Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier upon his arrival, Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev and health minister Kosmosbek Sarievich Cholponbaev received the premier, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) shared on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday said that Pakistan would import 1000 megawatt electricity from Kyrgyzstan by 2021 to overcome power shortage in summer season.<\/p>\n<p>Talking to media here, Foreign Minister said during the visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan talks with the Kyrgyz President were also held on early completion of the CASA-1000 project, which would start from Kyrgyzstan and reach Afghanistan through Tajikistan and onward to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>He said during the two-day visit, Pakistan signed three agreements to promote education, health and cultural activities among the member states during meetings of head of states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bishkek-The Prime Minister Imran Khan\u00a0 had a cordial meeting with the Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Sharipovich Jeenbekov on the sidelines of the SCO summit, a statement released by the Prime Minister Office said. According to\u00a0Radio Pakistan, Kyrgyz President Jeenbekov had extended the invitation to Prime Minister Imran to attend the two-day summit. The prime minister congratulated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,46],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4005,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4003\/revisions\/4005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}