List of agreements signed during Prime Minister's visit to the Kyrgyz Republic

1

Agreement on Defence Cooperation

To deepen cooperation between India and Kyrgyzstan in matters relating to defence, security, military education and training, conduct of joint military exercises, exchange of experience and information, exchange of military instructors and observers etc.

Mr. Navtej Sarna, Secretary (West),MEA

2

Memorandum of Mutual Understanding and Cooperation in the field of Elections

To deepen cooperation in matters relating to legislation on elections and referendums, modern systems and technologies, rights of elections process stakeholders as well as other issues of election administration. Signing of this MoU would build technical assistance and capacity support for the election commissions in electoral management and administration leading to a further strengthening of bilateral ties between India and Kyrgyzstan.

Mr V. Zutshi, Deputy Election Commissioner

3.

MoU between Ministry of Economy of Kyrgyzstan and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on cooperation in the sphere of Standards.

The purpose of this MoU is to strengthen and enhance technical cooperation in the fields of standardization, conformity assessment and sharing of expertise on mutual trade with the aim of exchanging necessary information and expertise between the two parties, which would be mutually beneficial and also lead to a strengthening of bilateral ties between India and Kyrgyz Republic.

Mr. Jayant Khobragade, India’s Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan

4.

Agreement on Cooperation in Culture

To deepen cultural cooperation between India and Kyrgyzstan in areas such as preservation of cultural heritage, organisation of folk arts, theatre, youth festivals and cooperation in of publishing and translation of literature, sports and physical culture, exchange of archival materials, history, geography etc.

Mr. Navtej Sarna, Secretary (West),MEA