Kyrgyz president cancels New York trip due to health problems


  • World
  • Tuesday, 20 Sep 2016

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev attends an informal Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) leaders summit on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two at the Kremlin in Moscow May 8, 2015. REUTERS/Host Photo Agency/RIA Novosti

BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev cancelled a trip to New York on Monday after suffering chest pains during the flight, his spokesman said.

"He is being examined now," spokesman Almaz Usenov said, adding that Atambayev, who turned 60 last week, was in Turkey.

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