Kyrgyzstan and EU plan to sign new co-op agreement

Kyrgyzstan may sign a new agreement on cooperation with the European Union next week, head of the EU Delegation to Kyrgyzstan, Cesare de Montis said at the press-conference Feb. 9, TASS reported.

The agreement is expected to be signed within Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev’s official visit to Brussels on February 16 and will replace a similar agreement signed 20 years ago, according to the EU representative.
De Montis noted that Kyrgyz president will meet with all of the EU leadership in Brussels.

He went on to add that a memorandum of support of judicial reform in Kyrgyzstan by the EU is expected to be signed during Kyrgyz president’s visit to Brussels. Previously, the EU has allocated 13 million euros for the implementation of the first stage of this reform in Kyrgyzstan and 13 million euros more will be allocated in near future.

According to official data, the EU provided Kyrgyzstan with 34.5 million euros of grants in 2016. (Trend.az)