Russian president Putin arrives in Kyrgyzstan on rare trip abroad

Vladimir Putin received a military welcome as he arrived in Kyrgyzstan (Sergei Karpukhin, Sputnik, Kremlin pool photo via AP)

President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Kyrgyzstan on a rare trip abroad for the Russian leader who was indicted earlier this year by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Ukraine.

Mr Putin met Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov.