Kyrgyzstan celebrates Independence Day among tributes to heroes, stress on unity, cohesion

Kyrgyzstan celabrating its Independence Day with great fanfare (Kabar)

Bishkek: Kyrgyzstan on Saturday celebrated its Independence Day with great fanfare and among rich tributes to the country’s heroes and a strong emphasis on unity and cohesion.d

“The modern generation has a great deal of happiness for living and working in an independent country that has gained sovereignty 28 years ago,” President Sooronbay Jeenbekov said as he congratulated the people of Kyrgyzstan on the country’s Independence Day.

“Today’s independence is not only our achievement. It has been achieved through the blood of our forefathers and the tears of our mothers. Independence is the result of centuries of struggle by many generations. It is a legacy that we have inherited from our ancestors, and that we must protect and pass on to the next generations. Manas (the Kyrgyz hero) bequeathed to preserve and increase the unity of the multinational people, who are called upon to become a vivid example of peace and harmony, indestructible unity,” the president said at the Ala-Too central square in the capital Bishkek said, quoted by national news agency KABAR.

President Sooronbay Jeenbekov congratulating Kyrgyzstan on its Independence Day (Kabar)

He stressed unity is the most crucial thing for the prosperity of the country.

“We know from history that when unity and cohesion reigned in society, we became a strong and prosperous state. Conversely, the lack of cohesion led to numerous deprivations, loss of statehood and freedom. But even in the most difficult times, there was hope for independence, to become an independent state. We have strengthened our statehood and taken our rightful place in the world arena,” he said.

Only the people are the true bearers of power, independence and state, he added.

Kyrgyzstan celebrates the Independence Day of the Republic on August 31. On that day, in 1991, an extraordinary session of the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan adopted a resolution on the “Declaration on the State Independence of the Kyrgyz Republic”. According to this historic act, the Kyrgyz Republic was declared an independent, sovereign and democratic state.