A Mongolian pilot astronaut J.Gurragchaa will visit Kyrgyzstan as honored guest of Open Issyk-Kul Festival.

The first Kyrgyz astronaut Salizhan Sharipov has also arrived in Bishkek.

Recall, the Open Issyk-Kul Festival will be held in Cholpon-Ata and Balykchy towns. The festival will start on June 14 and end June 16 and will be dedicated to strengthening peace, friendship, and mutual understanding among nations. The program will consist of car and quad bike driving, delta plane flights, parachute jumps, and horse racing in Bosteri village. Also, there will be chess tournaments, fashion show, handicrafts exhibition etc.

The festival is held at the initiative of war and labor veterans, Kyrgyzstan’s armed forces and law enforcement agencies under the auspices of Issyk-Kul state administration, tourism department, the Russian Embassy in Kyrgyzstan and others.