Bishkek, Feb. 3, 2025 /Kabar/. Consul General of the Kyrgyz Republic in Turkiye’s Antalya Rustam Koshonov met with Mayor of the Kepez district of Antalya Mesut Kocagoz.
The press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic said that during the meeting, agreements were reached on establishing sister city relations between Balykchy city of Kyrgyzstan and the Kepez district of Antalya in order to improve mutual understanding and strengthen interethnic cooperation. Kepez is the most densely populated of all districts of Antalya with a population exceeding 700 thousand people.
The establishment of friendly, sister city relations between the municipalities of the two countries will open up new opportunities for cooperation in the field of economy, culture and education, as well as the development of infrastructure projects in the coastal zone of the Issyk-Kul region, the report said.