Overview

• On June 5, 2025, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Zheenbek Kulubaev Moldokanovich signed a protocol and exchanged instruments of ratification in New Delhi.
• The new BIT supersedes the 2000 agreement to ensure continuity in legal safeguards for investors from both nations.
• A key feature is an investor-state dispute settlement mechanism that mandates exhaustion of local remedies before international arbitration.
• The treaty includes general and security exceptions designed to preserve each government’s regulatory policy space in areas such as environment and public health.
• Officials say the pact is set to deepen economic cooperation and boost cross-border investment flows between India and Kyrgyzstan.