The key facts

  • At a meeting with residents of Batken, Japarov responded to a complaint from a woman who had come from Uzbekistan and had not been granted citizenship
  • The president ordered citizenship and passports to be processed for ethnic Kyrgyz within one day
  • According to him, ethnic Kyrgyz from Afghanistan and Tajikistan still hold kairylman status

The president's instruction at a meeting in Batken

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov ordered citizenship and passports to be processed for ethnic Kyrgyz within one day. He announced this at a meeting with residents of the city of Batken, as reported by the outlet Zamon.uz.

An appeal from a resident of the Batken district

The reason for the instruction was an appeal from a woman living in the Batken district. She had come from Uzbekistan and married a man of Kyrgyz nationality. The woman told the president that for a long time she had been unable to obtain Kyrgyz citizenship.

"If a person is an ethnic Kyrgyz — within one day"

Japarov instructed the relevant responsible officials to resolve the woman's problem and stated that if a person is an ethnic Kyrgyz, they should be issued citizenship and a passport within one day.

Kairylman status remains

According to the president, ethnic Kyrgyz who arrived from Afghanistan and Tajikistan still hold kairylman status.