Kyrgyzstan satisfied with membership in Eurasian Union

One year after its accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Kyrgyzstan saw positive results including improving situations for its citizens working abroad, a government official said here Friday.

"One year passed since Kyrgyzstan joined the Eurasian Economic Union, and we see that our government's efforts are justified," Almazbek Asanbayev deputy chairman of the State Service for Migration, told the press conference that marked the first anniversary of its EEU membership.

The transition period, which we thought will be about a year and a half, had already ended, Asanbayev said.

"And if initially there were doubts and negative views on the country's accession to the EEU, now they have disappeared."

He also stressed that the Kyrgyz citizens working in EEU countries, including Russia and Kazakhstan, are in a better situation than other immigrants from Central Asia.