ASTANA, Kazakhstan, May 28. Russia and
Kazakhstan continue active economic interaction, with 70 joint
investment projects already being implemented and trade turnover
between the countries demonstrating steady growth, Russian
President Vladimir Putin said during negotiations with Kazakh
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Trend reports.
According to him, the countries are preparing a joint statement
and a package of intergovernmental, interagency, and commercial
agreements covering the economy, energy, and cultural-humanitarian
projects, which will contribute to strengthening the strategic
partnership.
"Promising areas of cooperation are being outlined, which will
bring very good results. Forums for interregional cooperation are
held annually: last November, 21 events took place in Kazakhstan,
and the next forum will be held on August 20 in Omsk," Putin
emphasized.
The Russian President also recalled cultural-humanitarian
cooperation and educational data: about 60,000 citizens of
Kazakhstan are studying at Russian universities, and branches of
eight leading Russian universities operate in Kazakhstan.
Putin stressed that the interaction between the countries on the
international stage within the framework of the EAEU, CIS, CSTO,
SCO, BRICS, UN, as well as regional formats "Russia — Central Asia"
and the "Caspian Five" remains constructive and productive.
"We are working very actively in all directions and are
confident that this work will be mutually beneficial," Vladimir
Putin concluded.
