Uzbekistan to Preserve Pension Payments After Move to Kyrgyzstan

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Uzbekistan will continue paying pensions to citizens who move permanently to Kyrgyzstan.

The measure is provided for under an agreement on state social insurance and pension provision signed by the Government of Uzbekistan and the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan in Cholpon-Ata on 30 July, the Pension Fund of Uzbekistan said.

Under the new agreement, moving from Uzbekistan to Kyrgyzstan will no longer be grounds for terminating an Uzbek pension. Alisher Rasulov, head of a department at the Pension Fund, said a citizen will be able to open a bank account in Kyrgyzstan and provide its details to Uzbekistan, after which the pension will be transferred to that account.

The agreement also establishes pension arrangements for citizens who have worked in both countries. The sides agreed to apply a proportional principle under which each state will determine and pay a pension based on employment history and wages earned in its territory.

Thus, if a citizen has employment records in both Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, each state will be responsible for pension payments for the corresponding period of employment. The agreement also provides for mutual recognition of employment records.

The new arrangements are also intended to address issues related to the implementation of the 1992 international agreement on guarantees of pension rights for citizens of the CIS member states. In particular, the sides have established a bilateral procedure for mutual recognition of employment records.

The agreement was signed during Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s state visit to Kyrgyzstan. At the invitation of Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, Mirziyoyev was in the country from 30 July to 1 August.

During high-level talks, the presidents discussed further strengthening relations of friendship, good-neighborliness and strategic partnership. The agenda also included increasing bilateral trade, expanding industrial cooperation, developing transport connectivity and cultural and humanitarian cooperation.

For the agreement to enter into force, the sides must complete the necessary domestic procedures and ratify the document.

According to Rasulov, Uzbekistan plans to hold talks on similar agreements with other CIS countries and neighboring states, including Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.