Bishkek, Dec. 22, 2025. /Kabar/. On December 21, President Sadyr Zhaparov was awarded the Leo Tolstoy International Peace Prize.
In his speech, President Sadyr Zhaparov noted that this award recognizes our joint contribution to strengthening peace, stability, and ensuring security in Central Asia.
Sadyr Zhaparov emphasized that today the region is becoming a space of trust, good-neighborliness, mutually beneficial cooperation, and sustainable development.
"It is clear that the final resolution of border issues in the region is of great importance for Eurasian security and geopolitical stability as a whole, and also strengthens the status of the integration associations and regional formats of which we are a part.
"The agreements reached have become a clear expression of our peoples' sincere desire for peace, harmony, and good-neighborliness," the head of state said, emphasizing that this desire was particularly evident among residents of the border regions, where citizens of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan have lived side by side for many years.
Concluding his speech, President Sadyr Zhaparov quoted the great Kyrgyz writer Chyngyz Aitmatov: "The future of humanity is possible only through dialogue between cultures and peoples."