At a meeting held on the sidelines of the 5th World Conference on Creative Economy in Jakarta, official representatives of Iran and Kyrgyzstan called for deepening interaction in the field of science and technology.
The meeting gathered delegates from the Vice Presidency of Iran for Science, Technology, and Economy, as well as a group of high-ranking officials from Kyrgyzstan, including representatives from the ministries of economy and finance, and heads of creative industry parks.
Emphasizing both countries' membership in BRICS, the Iranian side stated its readiness for knowledge-based Iranian companies to export their products to Kyrgyzstan. For its part, the Kyrgyz delegation highly appreciated Iran's significant technological progress and advocated for strengthening bilateral partnership in this area.
In April, Iran's Minister of Science, Research, and Technology, Hossein Simai-Sarraf, and Kyrgyzstan's Minister of Science, Higher Education, and Innovation, Gulzat Isamatova, studied opportunities to activate scientific and technological ties between the two states.
A Kyrgyz official invited the Iranian minister to visit universities and scientific centers in Kyrgyzstan and participate in upcoming scientific conferences, according to the IRNA agency. Simai-Sarraf welcomed the idea of strengthening scientific collaborations and emphasized the need to utilize the potential of science and technology parks for experience exchange and strengthening innovation ecosystems, noting that such steps would form the basis for improving technological interaction between Iran and Kyrgyzstan.
The sides also discussed developing cultural contacts among students from both countries through educational centers where Persian and Kyrgyz language courses will be held.
In September 2024, the Minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Sattar Hashemi, met with his Kyrgyz counterpart to discuss ways to develop cooperation in the ICT sector. This meeting took place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Digital Inclusivity and Transformation in Astana, Kazakhstan, according to the Mehr agency.
Kyrgyz Republic's Minister of Digital Development Nuria Kutnaeva expressed interest in defining joint projects and developing scientific cooperation, stressing the importance of cooperation in the ICT sphere alongside economic and cultural interaction.
During this meeting, the sides also approved cooperation in local platforms and postal matters and decided to prepare a draft memorandum of understanding on this issue.
Furthermore, in April 2025, Iran and Kyrgyzstan held the 14th meeting of their Joint Economic Committee in Tehran to expand bilateral ties in economic, scientific, cultural, and technical fields.
High-ranking officials from both countries attended this meeting, including Iran's Minister of Agriculture, Golamreza Nouri Ghezelj, and Kyrgyzstan's Minister of Economy and Trade, Sakyt Bakyt Tolomushevich. During the meeting, the importance of increasing trade and investment cooperation was emphasized.
At the opening ceremony, Nouri highlighted agriculture, industry, energy, and technology as key areas for joint work. He expressed hope that this event would lay the foundation for substantial growth in trade turnover between the two nations.
Sakyt supported these sentiments, noting the long-standing ties between Iran and Kyrgyzstan dating back to 1992, and stressed the importance of multilateral cooperation through organizations such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Eurasian Economic Union.