Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan Economic and Cultural Relations: Implications on Regional Peace and Development

Abstract

Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan holds decade’s old relationship of peace, close friendship,
harmony, and cooperation. Both countries share common history, culture, and religion
and have growing political, military, economic and social relations. This paper mainly
focuses on economic and cultural relations of both the states. The two states are getting
interconnectivity on CPEC. Each country’s geo-strategic location is crucial as it is
significant from the perspective of economic and trade development and connectivity.
Both countries are the gateway of interconnectivity for other regions through CPEC and
Gwadar seaport. Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan are now the source of regional peace and
development. Their bilateral relations are mainly focused on economy and trade which
would be a breakthrough for international and regional trade integration, cultural
development, and interconnectivity. The paper explores and analyzes Pakistan and
Kyrgyzstan’s economic, social, and cultural relations to find out potentials,
opportunities, consolidation for future and implications of their relations on regional
peace, development, and interconnectivity. The descriptive analytical approach has
been used to conduct this research by using the secondary sources for data collection.