Kazakhstan and Argentina Established Interparliamentary Dialogue
Buenos Aires, December 18, 2024 – The first meeting of the Kazakhstan-Argentina Interparliamentary Friendship Group was held under the co-chairmanship of the deputy of Majilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Ruslan Kozhasbayev and the deputy of the National Congress of Argentina Marcela Marina Pagano.
The meeting was also attended by deputies from the Kazakh side - Samat Nurtaza, Sergei Ponomarev, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Brazil and concurrently to Argentina Bolat Nussupov. From the Argentine side - deputies Agustina Propato, Sabrina Selva and Honorary Consul of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Buenos Aires Santiago Deluca.
During the meeting, the head of the kazakh part of the interparliamentary friendship group R. Kozhasbayev acquainted the Argentine parliamentarians with the current development of Kazakhstan in the context of the political and socio-economic reforms of the Head of State, and also explained the essence of the constitutional reform aimed at the development of society and democracy. R. Kozhasbayev also spoke about the main priorities of our country's foreign policy in the context of the global agenda and interaction within the international platforms.
Along with this, the kazakh side informed about the current economic development of the country and the opportunities for deepening bilateral trade in the context of the implementation of infrastructure transport and logistics projects in the region with access to the markets of the EAEU, China, Central Asia and the Caucasus. In the area of expanding cultural ties, they highly appreciated the activities of the Kazakh Cultural Center in Rosario.
Having emphasized the role of Argentina as one of the important partners of Kazakhstan in Latin America, as well as Kazakhstan for Argentina in the Eurasian region, the Kazakh deputies thanked the Argentine parliamentarians for the initiative to create a friendship group in the Chamber of Deputies of the National Congress of Argentina.
In turn, the head of the argentine part of the inter-parliamentary friendship group M.Pagano gave a high assessment of the current development of Kazakhstan and wished success to the leadership of the country in the implementation of reforms and goals, noted that the inter-parliamentary dialogue is a key link in the political interaction between the two countries, which gives an important impetus to the whole complex of relations between the two countries. Argentine parliamentarians also welcomed the efforts of the Honorary Consuls of Kazakhstan to expand bilateral cooperation.
In terms of the development of bilateral cooperation, Ambassador of Kazakhstan Bolat Nussupov in his speech noted the successfully held in August 2023, the fourth round of political consultations between the foreign ministries, as well as stressed mutual agreements to explore the establishment of a mechanism of the Business Council on the basis of organizations of the meat industry and agriculture. The Kazakh diplomat thanked the meeting’s participants for holding a meeting of the friendship group this year.
During the meeting, the parties exchanged information on the current development of their states, the structure and work of legislative bodies, identified priority areas in trade and economic cooperation, particularly in agriculture and animal husbandry, nuclear industry, metallurgy, transit-transport sector, etc., as well as agreed to promote academic and cultural exchange between the countries.
Deputies of the lower houses of parliament of the two countries, having highly assessed the potential for the development of inter-parliamentary cooperation, exchanged mutual invitations for visits of parliamentary delegations to the capitals of both states next year.