Kazakh president discusses expansion of co-op with EC
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed the cooperation in political, trade and economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres with the President of the European Council (EC), Donald Tusk, during his visit to Brussels.
The parties also touched upon the issues of the international agenda, in particular the situation in Ukraine and Afghanistan, as well as issues of counterterrorism, Kazakh president’s press service reported on March 30.
Nazarbayev said that the EC is one of the important vectors of the Kazakh foreign policy and a priority direction of trade and economic cooperation.
The president added that Kazakhstan’s parliament has ratified an Agreement on expanded and strategic partnership with the EC in the current month and it will bring the parties’ cooperation to a qualitatively new level.
Tusk, in turn, expressed his hope that Kazakhstan’s close partnership with the EC will only become stronger despite the crisis tendencies in the world economy.
Kazakhstan has asked the European Union (EU) for a visa-free regime for its citizens traveling for 15-30 days.
The remarks were made by President Nazarbayev following the talks with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
Kazakhstan cancelled the visa regime for short-term travels for the majority of European countries and the US in July of 2015. It is a temporary regime and has been introduced for one and half year.
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