The work of the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and Georgia is resumed after a ten-year hiatus

The second meeting of the Kyrgyz-Georgian Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation took place at the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic in Bishkek. It marked the resumption of the Commission’s activities after a ten-year hiatus.
Also, Georgia’s Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture David Songulashvili attended the meeting.
Bakyt Sydykov, Minister of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic, and Mariam Kvrivishvili, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia co-chaired the Commission.
The considerable potential for cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and Georgia in the fields of trade and economic relations, investment, transport and logistics, tourism, agriculture, and cultural and humanitarian exchanges were the main topics of the meeting.
Particularly, Bakyt Sydykov highlighted Kyrgyzstan’s consistent policy aimed at economic modernization, improving the investment climate, and supporting entrepreneurship. Preliminary results show the country’s economic growth by over 11 percent in 2025. Meanwhile, growth for the first four months of 2026 reached 12.4 percent.
The Minister specified that improvements in tax and customs administration, the digitalization of public services, the reduction of the shadow economy, and stronger public-private partnerships made these achievements possible.
Georgia’s economic growth by 7.5 percent in 2025 created additional opportunities for expanding bilateral trade and investment cooperation.
Mariam Kvrivishvili highlighted that Georgia is an important transport and logistics bridge between Europe and Asia due to its strategic geographic location. It also connects the Middle East, South Asia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.
As she emphasizes, the development of transport and logistics infrastructure is particularly important.
Another key driver of the country’s economic growth is tourism. It brought a record amount of around USD 4.7 billion in 2025. Nearly 7.8 million visitors from different countries came to Georgia, including Kyrgyzstan.
According to the participants, the Intergovernmental Commission is an important mechanism for advancing joint initiatives and ensuring the practical implementation of agreements between the two countries. The sides signed agreements in the areas of investment, avoidance of double taxation, education, and statistics following the first meeting of the Commission. Moreover, they successfully carried out a number of joint activities and reciprocal visits.
Also, the current state and future prospects of cooperation in foreign policy, trade, investment, agriculture, transport, logistics, and other areas of mutual interest were discussed by the representatives of relevant ministries and government agencies from both countries during the meeting.
Also, discussions on cooperation in information and communication technologies, environmental protection, education, culture, communications, labor, and employment were in the agenda.
Finally, they signed the Protocol of the Second Meeting of the Kyrgyz-Georgian Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation.

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