WNAM REPORT: Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation, priority areas of political, trade-economic, investment, water-energy, transit-transport and cultural-humanitarian interaction.
The issues were discussed at a meeting of the Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Murat Nurtleu, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, Jeenbek Kulubaev, in Astana.
As reported, the Kyrgyz Minister paid his first official visit to Astana at the invitation of the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
During the talks the sides expressed mutual commitment to deepening alliance based on the principles of friendship, brotherhood and good-neighborliness, the press service of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry says.
Murat Nurtleu emphasized that due to the political will of the heads of state, Kazakh-Kyrgyz relations had been raised to a brand-new level of interaction.
In particular, following the official visit of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Zhaparov, the Treaty on Deepening and Expanding Allied Relations between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan was signed, a number of economic, cultural and humanitarian events were held, aimed at comprehensive strengthening of the bonds of friendship between the two countries.
“Kyrgyzstan is not only a reliable ally for us, but also a good neighbor and a brotherly nation, with which we are linked by centuries-old ties of friendship, common spiritual values and common Turkic roots,” said Nurtleu.For his part, Minister Kulubaev reiterated that today the relations between the two countries have reached a brand-new level, having acquired the character of deepened allied relations.
