{"id":86351,"date":"2026-07-09T13:40:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/?p=86351"},"modified":"2026-07-10T13:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:48:21","slug":"president-zardari-concludes-kyrgyz-visit-returns-to-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/president-zardari-concludes-kyrgyz-visit-returns-to-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"President Zardari concludes Kyrgyz visit, returns to Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BISHKEK<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday concluded his four-day official visit to the Kyrgyz Republic and departed for Pakistan from Manas International Airport, marking the end of a historic tour that was the first by a President of Pakistan to the Central Asian country in 21 years.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At the airport, Speaker of the Kyrgyz Parliament Marlen Mamataliyev bade farewell to President Zardari on behalf of the Kyrgyz leadership.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86352\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HMzDyY7agAAjgd9-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1457\" height=\"1600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The visit underscored the shared commitment of Pakistan and the Kyrgyz Republic to further strengthening bilateral relations, enhancing political dialogue, expanding economic cooperation and promoting regional connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>During his stay, President Zardari held high-level meetings with the Kyrgyz leadership and participated in official engagements aimed at broadening cooperation in areas of mutual interest and reinforcing the longstanding friendship between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86353\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HMzDyZJaUAAA2ln-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1533\" height=\"1600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The landmark visit is expected to provide renewed momentum to Pakistan-Kyrgyz relations and deepen collaboration across trade, investment, connectivity, tourism and people-to-people exchanges, while reaffirming both countries&#8217; commitment to regional peace, stability and sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86354\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HMzDyZBbIAEQsZL-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1905\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISHKEK: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday concluded his four-day official visit to the Kyrgyz Republic and departed for Pakistan from Manas International Airport, marking the end of a historic tour that was the first by a President of Pakistan to the Central Asian country in 21 years. At the airport, Speaker of the Kyrgyz [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":86355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","category-asia","category-diplomacy","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86356,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86351\/revisions\/86356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}