TURKMENBASHI, Turkmenistan, October 8.
Kyrgyzstan has proposed creating a unified electronic trading
platform for Central Asia and Azerbaijan, President Sadyr Japarov
said on Oct. 8 at the eighth Consultative Meeting of the Heads of
State of Central Asia and Azerbaijan in Avaza, Turkmenistan,
Trend's special correspondent
reports.
“I propose instructing our governments, based on the industrial
cooperation plans already adopted, to identify specific mutually
beneficial projects, indicating participants, sources of financing
and implementation timelines. Second is support for and development
of e-commerce, one of the fastest-growing sectors of the global
economy. Our citizens actively use international e-commerce
platforms to purchase goods from third countries. In this regard,
we propose creating a unified electronic trading platform for
Central Asia and Azerbaijan. This would provide consumers and
businesses with broader access to goods produced in the countries
of the region,” Japarov said.
Japarov noted that Kyrgyzstan's trade turnover with Central
Asian countries and Azerbaijan has nearly doubled over the past
four years, reaching $3.5 billion in 2025.
“Investment in our country from the five states exceeded $140
million in 2025.
“Strong good-neighborly relations between our countries should
be expanded through sustainable economic ties. Industrialization is
one of the key areas of Kyrgyzstan's national development program
through 2030. In this regard, it is necessary to make efforts to
ensure that growth in mutual trade is accompanied by the creation
of new production facilities and jobs, as well as increased output
of high-value-added products,” he said.
Japarov stressed that Kyrgyzstan consistently advocates
strengthening Central Asia as a space of peace, trust and
good-neighborly relations.
