Kyrgyz Speaker Mamataliev meets Kazakh Kurultai chief Dadebay in Bishkek

Kyrgyz Parliament Speaker Marlen Mamataliev met Aibek Dadebay, Chairman of Kazakhstan's Kurultai, in Bishkek on 19 October 2026. Dadebay was in the city to attend meetings of the Turkic Parliamentary Assembly (TurkPA). The sides discussed the current state and future of Kyrgyz-Kazakh cooperation, strengthening inter-parliamentary ties, and trade, investment and cultural-humanitarian relations.

Mamataliev stressed the strategic importance of the Almaty–Issyk-Kul alternative road project and cited cultural monuments in both countries, including the Manas monument in Astana and the Abai Kunanbayev monument in Bishkek. He proposed naming a street in Astana after statesman Jusup Abdrakhmanov, while Dadebay reported that a street in Taldy-Korgon already bears his name.

Dadebay congratulated Kyrgyzstan on the 35th anniversary of its independence and its election to the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member. Mamataliev invited him to an official visit and proposed the next, fourth session of the Interparliamentary Council. Deputies Dastanbek Zhumabekov, Aigul Akhmedova, Ulukbek Karybek uulu and Azamat Isirailov also attended.