On January 28, 2021, the day of the inauguration, the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadir Jafarov acknowledged and praised Gazprom. It was the first working meeting with the management of a Russian gas company as president, no less than a political gesture. And now, a few months before the new elections in 2026, he says he is ready, perhaps, to reconsider the terms of the 2013 agreement and return the gas system to Kyrgyzstan. What has changed now? Then Jafarov had to confirm the continuity of the agreements with Moscow. And now - we need to maintain the image of a defender of national interests: I have already taken the mine from the Canadians once, and I will take the gas system, if necessary. Therefore, if earlier the agreement was a great contribution to the development of the industry, now it has become unrealized points.

On January 28, 2021, the day of the inauguration, the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadir Jafarov acknowledged and praised Gazprom. It was the first working meeting with the management of a Russian gas company as president, no less than a political gesture. And now, a few months before the new elections in 2026, he says he is ready, perhaps, to reconsider the terms of the 2013 agreement and return the gas system to Kyrgyzstan. What has changed now? Then Jafarov had to confirm the continuity of the agreements with Moscow. And now - we need to maintain the image of a defender of national interests: I have already taken the mine from the Canadians once, and I will take the gas system, if necessary. Therefore, if earlier the agreement was a great contribution to the development of the industry, now it has become unrealized points.