NUR-SULTAN: The presidents of four Central Asian countries on Friday expressed serious concern over the political crisis in Kyrgyzstan in a joint statement and called for peace and stability in the country.

“We, as close neighbors, bound by centuries-old ties of friendship, good neighborliness, common cultural and spiritual values, call on the people of Kyrgyzstan in these difficult days to show their inherent wisdom in order to maintain peace and restore stability in the country,” the presidents of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan said in the statement.