Kyrgyzstan Requests Removal of Its Companies from US Sanctions List

Kyrgyzstan has expressed concern over the inclusion of Keremet Bank, Gazprom Neft Asia, and Munai Myrza companies on the US sanctions list, according to reports from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Meder Abakirov, raised the issue during a meeting with US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Lesslie Viguerie. Abakirov emphasized that Kyrgyzstan’s relevant state authorities regularly engage in consultations with their counterparts from the US on matters related to bilateral cooperation. He also formally requested the removal of these companies from the sanctions list.

Ambassador Viguerie expressed the US's willingness to jointly search for mutually acceptable solutions to resolve the issue of removing the Kyrgyz companies from the sanctions list.