A meeting of the Kyrgyz–Russian Inter-Parliamentary Commission considered a wide range of issues related to Russian–Kyrgyz economic, cultural and humanitarian, military and technical cooperation, including within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
Viktor ZAVARZIN, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defence Committee, noted that due to close cooperation within the CSTO, the states are reaching a new level of military and technical cooperation.
Much attention was paid to the role of the Russian language in the relations of the states. In particular, it was noted that more than 70% of classes in Kyrgyz schools, including in remote villages, are taught in Russian. “This is important for strategic partnership,” said deputies of the Supreme Council. Yevgeniya STROKOVA, a deputy of the Supreme Council, drew the attention of the meeting to the lack of Russian-language teachers.
While discussing joint projects to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Victory, Tynchtyk SHAINAZAROV, Co-Chairman of the Russian–Kyrgyz Inter-Parliamentary commission from the Supreme Council, noted the importance of protecting historical memory, as well as military and patriotic education of young people.
Marat AMANKULOV, a deputy of the Supreme Council of the Kyrgyz Republic, emphasized that the Immortal Regiment parade unites the historical memory of our countries.
As Sergei POSPELOV, Executive Secretary of the Parliamentary Assembly of the CSTO, noted in his speech, many proposals made at the meeting can be implemented within the framework of the initiative of the CSTO PA Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin to establish an International Institute for Preservation of Historical Memory. He informed the participants of the meeting about the progress of the work on the 2021–2025 CSTO PA Lawmaking Action Plan and noted that many of the initiatives voiced at the meeting can be scaled up to the CSTO space.
Let us remember that over three hundred thousand soldiers from Kyrgyzstan went off to war, i.e. every sixth resident of the republic. One-third of them never returned. 76 Kyrgyz servicemen became Heroes of the Soviet Union.