The staff of the Kyrgyz diplomatic mission in Pakistan appealed to the leadership of the Foreign Ministry with a request to take action against Ambassador Ulanbek Totuyaev. According to the staff of the diplomatic mission, Totuyaev “has organized himself a Khanate of permissiveness in the foreign office entrusted to him.” The diplomat has been removed from his post by presidential decree.
The press service of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Totuyaev grossly violated the rights of his subordinates by giving them assignments that had nothing to do with the work of a diplomatic officer. “He treated his subordinates unethically, did not solve their everyday problems, and arranged terrible living conditions, driving them into cramped dormitory-type apartments. At the same time, he and his family lived in a separate residence with luxuries, including security,” the Foreign Ministry stated.
According to diplomats working in Pakistan, four cars are assigned to the Kyrgyz Embassy in Islamabad, two of which Totuyaev and his wife used for personal purposes.
“The board of the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry considered this issue and recommended to the President of the Kyrgyz Republic that Totuyaev be dismissed from his post,” the ministry stated.
Totuyaev, however, disagrees with the decision. In an interview with Kyrgyz media, he claimed that the real reason for his removal was his antipathy towards Foreign Minister Zheenbek Kulubaev.
