Kyrgyz Speaker visits Speaker Mori

On Friday, 23 October, Mr. Marlen Abdyrakhmanovich Mamataliev, Speaker of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic, in Japan at the invitation of the House of Representatives, visited the House with his delegation and met with Dr. MORI Eisuke, Speaker of the House; Mr. ISHII Keiichi, Vice-Speaker; Mr. SAKAMOTO Tetsushi, Chair of the Standing Committee on Rules and Administration; Mr. NAKATANI Gen, Chair of the Japan-Kyrgyz Parliamentary League of Friendship; Mr. INO Toshiro, Mr. KOSHIMIZU Keiichi, Mr. KURODA Masaki and Ms. NISHIOKA Hideko, Directors of the Committee; and Mr. ISHIKAWA Masaru and Ms. MUTO Kazuko, Members of the Committee.

Speaker Mori began by welcoming the delegation to Japan. He then expressed gratitude for steady progress in cooperation between Japan and Kyrgyz in the fields of Connectivity, Human Resource Development, and Green and Resilience, three priority cooperation areas identified during the Central Asia Plus Japan Dialogue Summit in December last year. Dr. Mori also referred to the importance of parliamentary exchange and expressed his sincere appreciation for the long history of exchange between the countries' parliamentary leagues of friendship.

Mr. Mamataliev responded by offering his appreciation for the invitation. He also expressed hope for furthering parliamentary exchange between Japan and Kyrgyz as well as strengthening the two countries' relations. He expressed deep gratitude for Japan's support for skill development in his country and called for investment in critical minerals in Kyrgyz.

They also exchanged views on the situation in Ukraine.