WNAM Monitoring: On the eve of New Year, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry summed up its activities for 2023. 32 heads of state and government, 24 foreign ministers, and heads of international organizations paid official visits to Kazakhstan. Among them are foreign ministers of Hungary, Italy, Great Britain, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, the U.S., Turkiye, Switzerland, and others, head of the Ministry’s communications department Aibek Smadiyarov told a briefing.
Deputy Prime Minister-Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu visited 23 countries this year, including Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and others.
34 international agreements, including 12 interstate, 15 intergovernmental, and seven interdepartmental agreements were signed in 2023.
He also added Kazakhstan has established diplomatic relations with 186 states of the world. There are 109 foreign offices of Kazakhstan in 71 countries.
Besides, Kazakhstan evacuated over 400 of its nationals as a result of natural disasters and mounting military and political conflict in the Middle East.
Smadiyarov said Kazakhstan is committed to a balanced, multi-vector, and constructive foreign policy amid the international turbulence.
