About three thousand young people serve conscription in Kyrgyz army, Ivan Mihailov, assistant chief of the Defense Ministry's press service told the news agency 24.kg Tuesday.
In 2009 the state has called up a required number of conscript soldiers to serve one year.
"Nowadays military service is as popular as it was in Soviet time. Firstly, a year-long service practically liquidates humiliation of conscripts by older soldiers: all servicemen are equal. Secondly, army service became more interesting: we have new a training program," Mihailov said.