"Kyrgyz have always been real warrior-people, able to protect themselves," the Kyrgyz President said at a solemn meeting on the occasion of the 17th anniversary of the Armed Forces and the 10th anniversary of the Kyrgyz Border Guard Service, 24.kg news agency reported.
The head of state noted that "our armed forces who were born in the early years of independence are still young and only now become stronger".
"At present the Armed Forces are undergoing a reformation process. I think Kyrgyzstan will have compact, mobile and professional army, capable of adequately confront the modern challenges and threats within a short period of time," President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said.