According to him, 53 million soms were allocated for these expenses.
The Deputy Minister clarified that the funding comes from the budget, which is replenished annually by the Ministry of Finance. For example, the cost of transporting a body from Russia is 70,000 rubles, while from the USA it is about 8,000 dollars. Each country has its own rates, depending on the cost of the flight. Previously, in the event of the death of Kyrgyz citizens abroad, financial assistance was collected by diasporas. Now, if citizens request assistance, we can transfer the necessary funds within one day, he added.
Deputy Bolo Saginayev expressed the opinion that the embassies of other countries negotiate with foreign partners regarding the allocation of plots in cemeteries for their citizens who died abroad. He urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan to also address this issue.
