Sadyr Japarov awards diplomatic rank to three Kyrgyz foreign ministry officials

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has signed a decree awarding the diplomatic rank of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Envoy of the Kyrgyz Republic to three representatives of the diplomatic service, the presidential administration announced. The decree was signed under Articles 70 and 71 of the Kyrgyz Constitution.

Kairat Tursunkulov, Deputy Foreign Minister, was appointed to his post in January 2026 and previously headed the ministry's state protocol department. Almaz Bukalaev, Kyrgyzstan's national coordinator for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), previously led the ministry's consular department. Aktilek Musaeva, former ambassador to China, held the post from September 2022 but was released from it by presidential decree on 16 October 2026. Aizada Subakozhoeva has been appointed as the new ambassador.

The report notes that Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Envoy is a diplomatic rank rather than a position, and conferring it does not mean appointment as ambassador.