The negotiations took place on the eve of the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council.
A meeting was held in Almaty between the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov and the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin.
The parties discussed a wide range of issues of interstate cooperation in the areas of trade, investment, industrial cooperation, energy, transport and logistics, agriculture and education.
In particular, the issues of transit of Kazakh coal through the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as eliminating problems regarding the entry of Kazakh carriers into Russia, were discussed in detail.
Alikhan Smailov emphasized that thanks to the political will of the heads of the two states, relations between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation are developing progressively, on the principles of mutual respect.
- Russia is one of the main trade and economic partners of Kazakhstan. This is evidenced by the impressive volume of trade turnover, which amounted to $24 billion in just 11 months of last year,” he said.
According to the head of government, Kazakhstan pays great attention to the development of interregional and cross-border cooperation. An effective platform in this direction is the Forum of Interregional Cooperation.
- I am confident that the current year will be busy in terms of joint events and mutual contacts at various levels. The government of Kazakhstan is ready to develop full-scale and mutually beneficial cooperation in all areas,” noted Alikhan Smailov.
Mikhail Mishustin thanked for the traditional hospitality and noted that Russia attaches priority to strengthening mutually beneficial relations with Kazakhstan.
- We are jointly implementing large investment projects in industry, automotive, energy, petrochemicals, transport infrastructure, digital economy and many other areas. We propose to accelerate the construction of new production chains. A good basis for this is created by the mutual complementarity of the economic, production and technological potentials of Russia and Kazakhstan,” said the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.
By the Kazakhstanskaya Pravda
