According to Naryn Ayip in 2006 Kyrgyz diplomacy proved to be ineffecient and idle. For the whole year there have been no high ranking diplomatic delegations willing to attend Kyrgyzstan. Naryn Ayip in his livejournal also quotes the president of the country, who recently announced that the main diplomatic achievement was the fact that Kyrgyzstan received 1200 wheeled tractors from China in 2006.

Edil Baysalov keeps on discussing international relations. He writes : “Have you heard that our Ministry of Foreign Relations cadged $ 5 million to renovate its office building.”According to Baysalov, this money were than paid to… Chinese construction workers who were hired to repair the ministerial building. Discussing this issue, Baisalov point out at the fact that in spite of formal adherence to the policy of sticking to equidistance in relations with all foreign nations Kyrgyz minister of foreign affairs keeps trading his political impartiality off.

Kyrgyz Report also touches upon the issue of foreign relations. This post quotes Kurmanbek Bakiev’s decision to strengthen relations “neighboring states, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan” as well as with Russia. Analyzing this announcement of the Kyrgyz president, authors of the Kyrgyz Report claim:

“Since coming to power in 2005, Bakiyev has set Kyrgyzstan’s relations with Russia the highest priority at the expense of distancing from the United States. Troubles related to the U.S.-led coalition base in Kyrgyzstan have also led to increased tensions between Kyrgyzstan and the United States.More than 500,000 Kyrgyz citizens currently live and work in Russia and Kazakhstan. Good relations with these two regional economic powers have obviously become an obligation for Bakiyev. He seems to believe that Russia will back him politically if there’s any serious political crisis in Kyrgyzstan.”

Interestingly enough, this topic is echoed by the Russian Interfax agency that quotes Russian minister of foreign affairs Sergey Ivanov. According to Interfax, he confirms that Russia will support all efforts of Kyrgyz Authorities aimed at preserving stability in the country.

Turning to the issues of internal politics Mirsulzhan Namazaliev in his life journal shares some rumors about possible nominations for the vacant position of the promi minister of Kyrgyzstan. In his version options are the following: Felix Kulov, Danyar Usenov, Kubatbek Baybolov, Maksim Bakiev, Ishak Masaliev. Or… as Mirsulzhan himself concludes : “someone else”.