BISHKEK (TCA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan on February 27 and 28, the Russian president’s aide Yury Ushakov told reporters on February 22, Russian media reported.
Ushakov told reporters in Moscow that Putin’s trip will mark the 25th anniversary of Russia’s diplomatic relations with the three Central Asian countries.
Ushakov said that President Putin will visit Kazakhstan and Tajikistan on February 27, where he will discuss mutual cooperation in economic and humanitarian issues with his Kazakh and Tajik counterparts, Nursultan Nazarbayev and Emomali Rahmon.
Ushakov said that in Tajikistan, Putin and Rahmon are expected to review in detail current issues and promising areas of trade and economic cooperation.
The Russian president’s aide also said that Tajikistan citizens working in Russia transferred US $1.9 billion or one third of Tajikistan’s GDP to their home country last year, Russian TASS news agency reported.
“Over 870,000 Tajikistan citizens are working in Russia. The amount of their money transfers to the motherland was $1.9 billion in 2016, corresponding to one third of the country’s GDP. The intergovernmental cooperation in this sphere is aimed at supporting lawful rights and interests of this category of persons and their compliance with current norms of Russian laws in full scope,” Ushakov said.
He also said that the Russian president will visit Bishkek on February 28 and discuss bilateral ties with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev.
