Kyrgyzstan will retain Russian as the official language, the republic said

Kyrgyzstan will continue to use Russian as the official language, said Deputy Prime Minister of the Central Asian Republic Edil Baysalov, writes TASS. He told reporters about this on the sidelines of the second Russian-Kyrgyz educational forum, which takes place in Bishkek. He also emphasized that the country's leadership intends to maintain a single educational space with Russia.

Almost all residents of Kyrgyzstan speak Russian well, the Deputy Prime Minister noted. «I want to confirm once again on behalf of the leadership of our republic, on behalf of our entire government: the Russian language will remain and will continue to serve as a bridge for us, a source of knowledge», — he emphasized. Read in full