The implementation of the North-South International Corridor can turn Kazakhstan into a “real intersection of Eurasia.” This was stated by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin at a meeting with the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Olzhasa Bektenov.
According to the press service of the Kazakh prime minister, Bektenov and Mishustin held bilateral negotiations, during which they discussed the implementation of the agreements reached between the President of Kazakhstan Kasim-Zhomart Tokayev and the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to increase the volume of bilateral trade. >
“The state visit of the President of Russia to Kazakhstan last November again confirmed the allied nature of relations between our countries. The important task of the two governments is to ensure a full practical implementation of the achieved agreements at the highest level, including an increase in bilateral trade to $ 30 billion” – said Bektenov.
“Russia was and remains for Kazakhstan a key strategic partner and a reliable friend,” he said.
In turn, Mishustin said that Kazakhstan is a strategic partner and ally of Russia.
“Our relations are based on the principles of friendship, good neighborliness, mutual respect and accounting for each other. During the state visit to Kazakhstan Vladimir Putin, when it was achieved here, agreements on the further development of our relations were important. The task of our governments, of course, To ensure a clear execution of the agreements that Russia has been reached by the leading place among the foreign trade partners of Kazakhstan.
Also, according to him, an interdisque commission on economic cooperation is a great job.
“In Kazakhstan, strategic projects in the field of industry, energy, transport and logistics infrastructure are successfully implemented. The most important transit routes of Eurasia are passing through the territory of Kazakhstan and Russia. We pay great attention to the development of the international corridor of the North Yug, I am convinced that in the future it will become The global transport artery in the interests of the states of the entire Eurasian region will turn into a real intersection of Eurasia, ”said the Russian prime minister.
In addition, during the meeting, plans to expand trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural and humanitarian cooperation between countries were considered. Attention is paid to the implementation of tasks to strengthen interaction in the field of industrial cooperation, agriculture, energy, transport industry, etc.