Asein Isaev appointed ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to Belgium for the second time

President Sadyr Japarov has appointed Asein Isaev as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kyrgyzstan to Belgium. The head of state signed the corresponding decree on November 13. The diplomat has previously held this position.

Prior to his new appointment, Isaev served as the first deputy minister of foreign affairs of Kyrgyzstan. He was appointed to that position in November 2022.

In March 2014, Isaev headed the Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in Belgium for the first time and became the republic's permanent representative to the Commission of the European Communities in Brussels.

In December 2015, he was additionally appointed concurrently as Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, as well as permanent representative to NATO and UNESCO. In January 2019, Isaev headed the diplomatic mission of Kyrgyzstan in India.

In the post of ambassador to Belgium, Isaev succeeds Aidit Erkin, who had headed the embassy in Brussels since November 2022. In April 2024, Erkin was also concurrently granted the powers of ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

On November 9, 2026, Sadyr Japarov appointed Erkin as Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to Pakistan. At the same time, the president relieved him of his diplomatic positions in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, as well as the post of permanent representative to the European Union.