Kyrgyzstan is a strategic partner and ally of Russia in Central Asia.

Relations between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan are close to a new level. The two countries eliminate all the difficulties in bilateral relations. These two states now have more active trade, and fewer problems on the border, many common interests have arisen. The dynamics of bilateral contacts has become positive.

The volume of trade between China and Kyrgyzstan amounted to more than $ 2 billion in 2018, said the head of the department of statistics and trade of the National Statistics Committee Venera Mambetalieva at a press conference on February 12.

The volume of trade between Kyrgyzstan and Iran amounted to more than $ 44 million, said Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Iran to the Kyrgyz Republic Ali Mojtaba Ruzbehani.

Iran is trying to organize the supply of petroleum products to Kyrgyzstan, in particular, fuel oil, Iranian Ambassador Ali Mojtab Ruzbehani said at a press conference on January 31.

At least 9 investment projects for $ 28.2 million have started working in Kyrgyzstan in 2018. The Director of the Agency for the Promotion and Protection of Investments Adilbekuulu Shumkarbek informed at a press conference, Trend reports referring to 24.kg.

Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan have begun negotiations on duty-free deliveries of oil and petroleum products, Kyrgyz State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use (SCIES) stated, Trend reports via Kyrgyz media.

A bilateral meeting of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Chingiz Aidarbekov and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Federal Chancellor of Germany Jan Hecker was held in Berlin, Trend reports referring to kabar.kg.

In 2018, fuel grew in price by 10.7 percent in Kyrgyzstan. The head of the Trade Department of the National Statistical Committee, Venera Mambetalieva, told journalists, Trend reports referring to 24.kg.

Kyrgyzstan's GDP in 2018 grew by 3.5 percent and amounted to 557 billion som ($8 billion), said Chairman of the Kyrgyz National Statistical Committee Akylbek Sultanov during a press conference on January 16.