Kyrgyzstan’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved an agreement under which Russia will give the country financial and organisational help against drug trafficking, reported 24.kg.
Cabinet Chairman Adylbek Kasymaliev signed the resolution. The agreement itself was signed on October 1, 2026, in Dushanbe by Kyrgyz Interior Minister Ulan Niyazbekov and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Kolokoltsev, on the sidelines of a meeting of the CIS Council of Interior Ministers.
Under the agreement, Russia will assist Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and fund an assistance programme for the ministry’s Drug Control Service through 2028. The published resolution does not give the amount of funding or say how it will be allocated. These details are to be set out in the agreement itself.
Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Ministry must now notify Moscow that the country has completed its domestic procedures for the agreement to enter into force. The resolution takes effect ten days after official publication.
This is the third agreement of its kind between the two countries, after similar documents in 2020 and 2023. Kyrgyzstan lies on the so-called Northern Route, which carries Afghan opiates through Central Asia to Russia and Europe. Bishkek and Moscow cooperate closely on security through the Collective Security Treaty Organization and bilateral channels.
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November 13, 2026