Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has dismissed the prime minister, Akylbek Japarov, the presidential administration said in a statement on Monday.

A.Japarov has been "dismissed from his post due to a transfer to another position," the statement on the presidential website said.

He had been prime minister since 2021.

The president assigned the prime ministerial duties to First Deputy Prime Minister Adylbek Kasymaliyev, the presidential administration said in another statement.