Turkey's president says Kyrgyzstan has achieved great change in two years

BISHKEK (A.A) - The Turkish president said on Wednesday that Kyrgyzstan had achieved a great change in the last two years. President Abdullah Gul said he would witness a historic change with Thursday's presidential hand-over ceremony in Kyrgyzstan. "Kyrgyzstan has become the country that achieved the change in the most successful way and with the least cost," Gul said during a reception Turkish Ambassador in Bishkek Nejat Akcal hosted in his honor. Gul said cultural and educational cooperation between Turkey and Kyrgyzstan had become evident with establishment of Manas University and Turkish schools. President Gul also said Turkish businessmen were investing in Kyrgyzstan and Turkey would continue its economic assistance to this country. (Reporting by Eda Unlu Ozen/Nezir Aliyev)