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Chinese premier congratulates Jeenbekov on approval as Kyrgyz PM

Xinhua, April 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday congratulated Sooronbai Jeenbekov on being approved by the Kyrgyz parliament as the country's prime minister.

Li, in a congratulatory message, highly commented on the development of China-Kyrgyzstan relations and positive achievements in cooperation between the two countries in various fields.

He said China is ready to make efforts with Kyrgyzstan to jointly promote China-Kyrgyzstan cooperation toward achievement of new successes in the interest of the two peoples.

Kyrgyzstan's parliament on Wednesday unanimously endorsed a new government led by Jeenbekov after former Prime Minister Temir Sariyev resigned on Monday amid corruption allegations. Endi