BISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan’s Prime Minister Joomart Otorbaev has announced his government’s intention to postpone his country’s joining of Customs Union led by Russia.
The Kyrgyz PM said that a delegation is currently in Moscow holding talks with Russian officials on the possibility of postponing of Kyrgyzstan’s joining the Customs Union by one year.
He added that the road map for Kyrgyzstan joining the Customs Union is not ready yet. The road map will finally be outlined by the Kyrgyz government in coming days and subjected to public debate.
Otrobaev said that once the road map is approved by the Kyrgyz people and adopted by the government, it will be sent for approval by the union’s member states – Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus.
