Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s state visit to neighboring Kyrgyzstan was described as “upcoming” in September, October, and November 2022. As I’ve covered previously: The agreements, as outlined by Kun.uz, include a land swap, which sees Uzbekistan receive the 4,957 hectares on which the Kempir-Abad reservoir sits as well as an additional 19.5 hectares “for the maintenance and protection of the …
Former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev was removed from court twice in the span of three days in April after disrupting the proceedings by shouting and kicking the plexiglass cage where he was held. At the time, Atambayev, Jeenbekov’s predecessor as president, was in detention over a bevy of charges, and engaged in two ongoing trials: One over the 2013 early …
