The case concerned the petition to confirm a Kyrgyz award. The District Court dealt with two procedural arguments made by the Kyrgyz Republic, namely, that the petition to confirm the award should be dismissed on grounds of forum non conveniens and, alternatively, it should be confirmed only against the Ministry and not against the Republic, because the Republic had not been a party to the arbitration proceedings. The Court denied the motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens, confirmed the confirmation petition against the Ministry, and ordered supplemental briefing on the application of the case law in the Circuit to the question of whether the award should also be confirmed against the Kyrgyz Republic. Following the supplemental briefing, the Court on 22 April 2020 confirmed the award (see document).