This article covers India's development partnership with the Kyrgyz Republic, including lines of credit, grant projects, training and humanitarian assistance, and cooperation in defence, security and digital technology. Its source is the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) bilateral brief of June 2026.

Lines of credit

According to the MEA brief of June 2026, India announced a Government of India Line of Credit (LoC) offer of USD 1 billion for five Central Asian countries, including the Kyrgyz Republic, during the Second Meeting of the India-Central Asia Dialogue held on 28 October 2020.

In addition, India offered an LoC of US$ 200 million to the Kyrgyz Republic. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced it in June 2019 during his visit to the Kyrgyz Republic, and External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr. S. Jaishankar handed over the offer during his visit in October 2021. The brief states that the LoCs are for priority developmental projects in fields such as connectivity, energy, IT, healthcare, education and agriculture.

Technical assistance and grants

India has extended technical assistance to the Kyrgyz Republic for the following:

  • an IT center at the Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transportation and Architecture, Bishkek
  • a potato processing plant at Talas
  • a language laboratory at the Diplomatic Academy, Bishkek
  • tele-medicine links connecting six hospitals in Kyrgyzstan
  • Bhabhatron-II equipment and an imaging simulator for treating cancer patients

India also gifted IT equipment (PCs, tablets and notebooks) worth Rs. 27.40 lakhs to the Central Election Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic, for use during the Parliamentary elections held on 4 October 2020.

High Impact Community Development Projects

An MoU on Indian Grant Assistance for implementation of High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDP) in the Kyrgyz Republic was signed during EAM's visit in October 2021. Two HICDPs are under implementation:

  • "Establishment of IT Lab at Kyrgyz Economic University, Bishkek"
  • "Improvement of Medical Equipment and Infrastructure of General Medical Practice Centre of Leilek Region, Batken"

The brief gives the cost of the projects as Kyrgyz Soms 126.29 million each.

Pandemic assistance

As assistance to the Kyrgyz Republic to combat the pandemic, India donated thirty thousand tablets of HydroxyChloroquine (HCQ).

Training and capacity building

India has allocated 100 slots for various courses under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme to the Kyrgyz Republic. The brief states that these programmes provide opportunities for capacity development of Kyrgyz nationals, and that there are nearly 1,500 ITEC alumni in the Kyrgyz Republic. In the defence sector, 14 officers availed Defence ITEC courses in Training Year 2024-25.

Defence cooperation

The brief identifies the important facets of bilateral defence cooperation as training Kyrgyz personnel in Indian defence establishments, joint exercises, exchange programmes, and joint research at the Kyrgyz-India Mountain Bio Medical Research Centre (KIMBMRC), Bishkek.

Defence ministers' meetings

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, then Raksha Mantri, visited Kyrgyzstan from 28 to 30 April 2019 to attend the Meeting of the Defence Ministers of SCO Member States. Setting up a Joint Working Group (JWG) on Defence Cooperation was agreed upon during that visit.

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh met the Minister of Defence of the Kyrgyz Republic, Lt. Gen. Baktybek Bekbolotov, at Samarkand in Uzbekistan on 24 August 2022, on the sidelines of the meeting of SCO Defence Ministers. The Kyrgyz Defence Minister, Lt. Gen. Bekbolotov Asankalievich, attended the SCO Defence Ministers meeting in New Delhi on 28 April 2023 and held a bilateral meeting with Shri Rajnath Singh the same day. Shri Rajnath Singh visited the Kyrgyz Republic from 28 to 29 April 2026 for the Meeting of Defence Ministers of SCO Member States, and held a bilateral meeting with Kyrgyz Defence Minister Major General Mukambetov Ruslan Mustafaevich.

Joint Working Group and exercises

The JWG on Defence Cooperation has met four times: at Bishkek on 06-07 March 2023, at New Delhi on 08-09 July 2024, at Bishkek on 08-09 July 2025, and at New Delhi on 06-07 April 2026.

The India-Kyrgyz Joint Forces Special Exercise KHANJAR-XII was held in Kyrgyzstan from 10 to 23 March 2025, and KHANJAR-XIII was held in India from 04 to 17 February 2026. An eight-member team from the Kyrgyz Armed Forces visited Ladakh from 27 February to 18 March 2023 for a Joint Mountaineering Expedition and scaled Peak Mt Stok-Kangri (6153 Mtrs).

Delegations and exchanges

Kyrgyz defence delegations have attended several events in India:

  • a two-member delegation at the 14th edition of AERO INDIA 2023, from 13 to 17 February 2023 at Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru, and a five-member delegation at Aero India-2025, from 10 to 12 February 2025
  • a three-member delegation from the Ministry of Defence at the Army Chiefs' Conclave on UNTCCs in New Delhi, from 13 to 16 October 2025
  • a three-member delegation at the International Fleet Review-2026 at Visakhapatnam, from 17 to 20 February 2026
  • a 10-member team at the inaugural International Military Adventure Challenge Cup-2026 at Yingkiong, Siang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, from 12 to 28 February 2026

In the other direction, an 18-member delegation from the 65th NDC Course of the National Defence College, New Delhi, visited the Kyrgyz Republic from 31 August 2025 to 03 September 2025. A four-member Mobile Training Team from the High Altitude Warfare School, Gulmarg, visited in February 2025 and again in February 2026.

Security cooperation

Then Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh led the Indian delegation for the meeting of the Heads of Emergency Departments of the SCO member states on 24-25 August 2017.

Marat Imankulov, Secretary of the National Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic, visited New Delhi for the 1st India-Kyrgyz Republic Strategic Dialogue on 26 October 2021, and again on 10 November 2021 for the Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan. He also participated in the First India-Central Asia Meeting of National Security Advisers/Secretaries of Security Councils, held in New Delhi on 6 December 2022, where he had a bilateral meeting with National Security Adviser Mr. Ajit Doval. The National Security Advisers or Secretaries of the National Security Councils of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan also took part, Turkmenistan was represented by its Ambassador in New Delhi, and a Joint Communiqué was issued.

National Security Advisor Shri Ajit Doval visited the Kyrgyz Republic on 15-16 October 2025 for the 3rd Meeting of India-Central Asia Secretaries of Security Council/NSAs. He held a bilateral meeting with the Secretary of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic, Lt. Gen. Baktybek Bekbolotov.

Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Nityanand Rai visited the Kyrgyz Republic from 4 to 6 June 2026 for the Meeting of Ministers of Internal Affairs and Public Security of the SCO Member States. He met Colonel General Ulan Niyazbekov, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Digital technology

The Minister of Digital Development and Innovative Technologies of the Kyrgyz Republic, Mr. Azamat Zhamangulov, visited India for the India AI Impact Summit, held in New Delhi on 18-20 February 2026. The Kyrgyz Republic endorsed the Summit Declaration.