The Presidents of Kazakhstan and Turkey held the 4th meeting of the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council.
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev thanked Recep Tayyip Erdogan for coming to Kazakhstan on a state visit.
The agenda of the meeting included 5 issues: foreign policy and investment, trade and economic cooperation, transport and logistics, military industry, energy and agriculture.
The President of Kazakhstan noted the dynamically developing trade, economic and investment cooperation between the two countries.
"Our goal is to bring the mutual trade turnover to $10 billion. Over the past 15 years, Ankara has invested $4.35 billion in Kazakhstan. And our country has invested $1.13 billion in Turkey. Turkey is among the top 10 largest investors in Kazakhstan. In general, transit and transport links play an important role in building the potential of bilateral trade.We call for the development of the Trans-Caspian Corridor to reduce transportation costs and delivery times.At today's meeting, we discussed this issue and came to a common opinion.In June this year, a meeting was held in Baku in a trilateral format. We intend to continue this tradition. We propose to hold the next meeting in Aktau," Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said.
The President of Turkey, on behalf of himself and on behalf of his delegation, thanked the Kazakh people for their hospitality and expressed interest in the further development of cooperation between the two countries in all areas.
"We are participating in the diversification of the economy of Kazakhstan. I am sure that our companies will also contribute to the implementation of initiatives aimed at providing employment for the people. We agreed to increase trade turnover in the short term to $5 billion, in the medium term to $10 billion. So far, everything Our cooperation in the transport and logistics sector allows us to quickly achieve our goals for the medium term. obligations to the world community to ensure global food security. I believe that in this regard, the potential of wheat-rich Kazakhstan can be used," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
During the meeting, members of the delegations of the two states also spoke on 5 issues on the agenda.
As a result of the negotiations, in the presence of the heads of state, the members of the official delegations signed the following documents:
1. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Turkey in the field of veterinary medicine and food safety.
2. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Turkey on cooperation in the field of healthcare.
3. Memorandum of cooperation between the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey in the field of museum business, protection and restoration of monuments.
4. Memorandum between the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey in the field of culture.
5. Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Turkey on cooperation in the field of technical regulation, standardization, metrology, accreditation and conformity assessment.
6. Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation between the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Family Affairs and Social Services of the Republic of Turkey.
By the Kazakhstanskaya Pravda
