Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Kazakhstan, on Al-Ula Declaration

Kazakhstan welcomes the Al-Ula Declaration signed at the 41st Summit of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.

Kazakhstan is confident that the normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and Qatar will serve to strengthen fraternal unity of the peoples of these countries, and for the further prosperity of the entire region.

This step is consistent with the idea of Islamic Reconciliation process, initiated by Kazakhstan at the Istanbul Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in 2016.

Kazakhstan reaffirms its readiness to develop partnership with all the Middle East countries.