epa05516365 Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev attend a parade on the occasion of Kyrgyzstan’s Independence Day, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 31 August 2016. Twenty five years ago on the same day the Kyrgyz Supreme Council accepted the declaration on independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union and the former Soviet Republic became an independent state. The country celebrated the day with cultural events and a military parade. EPA/IGOR KOVALENKO