Bishkek, Feb. 25, 2026. /Kabar/. Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Adylbek Kasymaliev held the second meeting of the organizing committee for the preparation and implementation of a five-year plan for the development of mountainous regions for 2023-2027.
The meeting was attended by the Special Representative of the President for Mountain Affairs, a deputy of the Jogorku Kenesh, heads of ministries and departments, authorized representatives of the President in the regions, and heads of mayors.
Opening the meeting, the head of the Cabinet noted that the President is consistently promoting the development of mountainous regions at the international level.
At the initiative of the President of Kyrgyzstan, the UN declared 2023-2027 as a five-year period of action for the development of mountain areas. As part of these global initiatives, on September 15, 2023, the Presidential Decree “On declaring 2023-2027 as a five-year period of action for the development of mountain areas” was adopted, on the basis of which the organizing committee was established.
“Kyrgyzstan should take the lead in solving global problems of mountain areas, take the initiative, and set an example for other countries in the issue of sustainable mountain development. To achieve these goals, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the Concept and Roadmap for the Five-Year Plan in 2023,” the Chairman said.
During the meeting, the progress of the implementation of the Five-Year Roadmap for the development of mountainous regions by 2025 at the global, regional, national and local levels, as well as the issues of a comprehensive study of mountainous regions and approval of the action plan for 2026, were considered.
As a result of considering the first issue, the work of a number of ministries and departments in providing timely and proper reporting was found to be unsatisfactory.
On the second issue, the heads of state bodies were instructed to activate work on a comprehensive study of mountainous regions in close cooperation with the National Institute for Strategic Initiatives, as well as to submit to the Presidential Administration a work plan for the study and an updated composition of the working group.
On the third issue, an action plan for the implementation of the Roadmap by 2026 was approved. State bodies and institutions were instructed to take measures to improve the effectiveness of the implementation of the five-year plan and the quality of the submitted reports.
Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers noted that last year, an international conference entitled "Global Mountain Dialogue for Sustainable Development: Road to the Bishkek+25 Summit" was held in Bishkek with the participation of delegations from more than 50 countries and 30 international organizations. He also announced that the second Global Mountain Summit "Bishkek+25" is planned for October 21-23, 2027, and in this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been instructed to hold the first meeting of the Organizing Committee to prepare for the summit in the near future.
At the end of the meeting, the Chairman of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry stressed the need to achieve concrete results in the field of sustainable development of mountainous regions by 2027, in particular, in the areas of income generation, electricity supply, infrastructure development, water supply and sanitation, healthcare, education and communication services, especially in remote mountainous areas.
“In accordance with the UN principle of “leaving no one behind”, Kyrgyzstan intends to demonstrate the results achieved at the second Global Mountain Summit,” concluded Adylbek Kasymaliev.