The Azerbaijan-Kyrgyzstan Development Fund has approved 11 investment projects worth a total of more than $24 million. Speaker of the Kyrgyz Parliament Marlen Mamataliev said at a meeting with Speaker of Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova, who arrived in Kyrgyzstan on an official visit.
The meeting was held on Monday. The sides discussed the development of trade and economic relations, investment cooperation and stronger interparliamentary ties.
Mamataliev stressed the need to prioritize funding for major strategic projects in the energy sector. He said Kyrgyzstan was interested in attracting Azerbaijani investors to energy, logistics, agriculture, tourism and other sectors of the economy.
He also noted that relations between Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan had reached the level of an alliance following the signing of a relevant treaty during Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s state visit to Kyrgyzstan in July 2026.
For her part, Gafarova said Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan had signed 123 cooperation documents, a significant number of which had been concluded in recent years.
She also called for closer cooperation between parliamentary committees and friendship groups. According to Gafarova, the Kyrgyzstan friendship group in Azerbaijan’s parliament is one of the largest, comprising 35 lawmakers.
Following the meeting, both sides expressed their commitment to further strengthening allied relations and implementing joint economic projects.
After the talks, the Azerbaijani delegation was shown the renovated meeting halls of the Kyrgyz parliament and its digital museum. A special robot guide introduced the guests to the history of the legislative body.
