Presidents of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiev discussed preparations for the upcoming CIS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization summits at their meeting in Moscow on Wednesday.

Dmitriy Medvedev stressed that he meets the Kyrgyz counterpart fairly often, and “this is a sign of high interaction between the two countries”.

He said the meeting was connected with the need to “check watches, take a look at the progress of a number of projects and discuss preparations for the summits that will be held in the near time”.

The Russian President promised Bakiev to tell how the G8 summit in Japan went and what decisions were made. President Bakiev thanked Medvedev for the possibility for another meeting.

He stressed that there was the need to discuss a “number of questions that warrant solution. We had begun discussing them earlier”, Bakiev said.

The heads of two states noted the positive dynamics of development of traditional and mutually beneficial relations between Kyrgyzstan and Russia. Bakiev and Medvedev discussed the details and further perspectives of deepening bilateral cooperation between the two states.