TASS reports.

The inauguration ceremony took place in the capital of Kyrgyzstan.

“Japarov read out the text of the oath, after which he was presented with a standard, a certificate and a president's badge in the hall of the Kyrgyz State Philharmonic,” the agency writes.

Japarov won the early presidential elections with 79.23% of the vote.

On January 25, it was reported that Japarov, as the country's president, would make his first overseas visit to Russia.