Putin visits Kyrgyzstan in rare foreign trip, calls for former Soviet states to expand ties amid Ukraine war

Putin traveled to Kyrgyzstan on his first trip abroad this year, meeting the Kyrgyz president and attending a CIS summit.
The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Putin over alleged war crimes in Ukraine, but he maintains the warrant is invalid.
Armenian PM skipped the summit due to strained Russia relations over the war in Ukraine.
In Kyrgyzstan, Putin urged CIS states to expand economic and other relations with non-Western countries.
The trip comes as Putin aims to show Russia's ties abroad remain strong despite Western sanctions over the Ukraine invasion.