Chinese president awarded Kyrgyzstan's highest medal

Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov awarded on Thursday his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, the Manas Order of the First Degree, the highest national prize of the central Asian nation.

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