Mutual interest in strengthening inter-parliamentary ties on bilateral and multilateral bases

BRATISLAVA, May 19, 2021 – Strengthening and further development of inter-parliamentary ties between Kazakhstan and Slovakia on a bilateral and multilateral basis is of great mutual interest. That was the gist of the meeting of Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Slovakia Roman Vassilenko with Deputy of the National Council (Parliament) of the SR and a member of Slovak delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Miloš Svrček.

The ambassador briefed the Slovak legislator on the program of socio-economic and political reforms in Kazakhstan, implemented at the initiative of President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev. The interlocutor was interested in information about the experience of maintaining and strengthening interethnic and interreligious harmony in the republic, as well as the situation with the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and the vaccination of the population.

For his part, Mr. Svrček expressed interest in developing cooperation between the two countries in the field of transport and communications and invited to participate in an international conference on logistics, planned in the spring of 2022 in eastern Slovakia in Michalovce, the hometown of the legislator.

Noting the presence in the National Council of the Slovak Republic and both chambers of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of friendship groups for cooperation with colleagues in Kazakhstan and Slovakia, respectively, the interlocutors expressed mutual interest in the further development of relations, in general, and in the resumption of bilateral visits.

A specific topic of discussion was the interaction of the delegations of the parliaments of two countries at the OSCE PA, in connection with which the interlocutors considered topical issues on the agenda of that organization.