The Lithuanian and Kyrgyz foreign ministers have agreed to accelerate the procedures for formalizing the names of Tian Shan mountain peaks conquered and named by Lithuanian climbers, informed LETA/BNS.





Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius discussed this issue with his Kyrgyz counterpart, Chingiz Aidarbekov, in Vilnius on Wednesday, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said.





Lithuanians climbed to the top of six previously unnamed peaks between 1959 and 2018, giving them names of significance to Lithuania and Kyrgyzstan.





"Formalizing the names of the peaks is important not only symbolically. It would also encourage climbers and tourists in general to travel to Kyrgyzstan more actively," Linkevicius said.





He expressed support for the Kyrgyzstan's aspirations to strengthen relations with the European Union by negotiating a new cooperation agreement.





The two ministers signed bilateral agreements on economic cooperation and visa-free travel for holders of diplomatic passports.





They also discussed possibilities for developing cooperation in transport and logistics, information technologies, education, agriculture, light industry and other areas.





In terms of bilateral trade, which totaled 51.8 mln euros in 2017, Kyrgyzstan ranks 61st among Lithuania's trade partners.





The six Tian Shan peaks were named after Lithuanian mountaineering pioneer Gediminas Akstinas, movie director Algimantas Vidugiris, and Martynas Mazvydas, the author of the first printed book in the Lithuanian language, as well as Zalgiris, Nemunas, and Millennium of Lithuania.