Russian President Vladímir Putin, is traveling this Tuesday on an official visit to Kyrgyzstan, where he will participate on Thursday in the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the post-Soviet military alliance.
Putin will be received this afternoon by Kyrgyz leader Sadir Zhaparov, with whom he will officially meet on Wednesday, after which they will sign important agreements and issue a joint statement on the deepening of their alliance and strategic partnership relations.
Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian republic bordering China with which the Kremlin maintains a close relationship, receives Russian oil supplies exempt from tariffs.
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Among other issues, the leaders will address trade exchanges, which increased by 15.6% in 2024 to $4.1 billion, and the situation with Kyrgyz emigration to Russia.
In turn, Putin will attend the CSTO summit in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz capital, where he will begin the Russian presidency of the bloc, which sent troops to Kazakhstan in January 2022 to quell a revolt in the city of Almaty.
“Collective security in a multipolar world” is the motto of the Russian Presidency of a bloc that will bring together in Kyrgyzstan the presidents of Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Tajikistan.
The only absentee will be Armenia, which froze its participation in the CSTO in early 2024 due to its disagreements over the organization’s inaction in the face of Azerbaijani aggressions.
During the summit, according to Yuri Ushakov, the Kremlin’s international advisor, 19 documents will be signed to strengthen cooperation in the military, against illegal migration and drug trafficking.
They will also issue a final declaration in which they will set out their coinciding positions on key issues on the regional and international agenda, although only Belarus openly supports Russia in its military campaign in Ukraine.
Putin’s trip takes place as both sides study the peace plan presented by the United States, which has been modified by European countries, changes that have already been rejected by the Kremlin.
