Kazakhstan and the European Parliament intend to enhance cooperation

Within the framework of enhancing cooperation between Kazakhstan and the European Parliament, the Head of Kazakhstan's Mission to the EU, Margulan Baimukhan, held meetings with the Deputy Chairman of the Delegation of the European Parliament for Central Asia and Mongolia, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli (Bulgaria), as well as with MEPs Michael Gahler (Germany) and Rasa Juknevičienė (Lithuania).

During the conversation, the Kazakh diplomat introduced the MEPs with up-to-date information about the transformations in Kazakhstan that are taking place within the framework of the implementation of the three packages of political and socio-economic reforms initiated by the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Special attention was paid to the improvement of mechanisms for the protection of human rights in the Kazakh society.

In turn, the MEPs called for the expansion of a constructive dialogue with Kazakhstan, aimed at sharing experience and best practices on the protection of human rights and freedoms. In addition, the parties discussed measures to combat COVID-19, as well as issues related to the production of the domestic vaccine #QazVac.

At the end of the meeting, the interlocutors agreed on the importance of further activation of the Kazakh-European dialogue in the format of inter-parliamentary cooperation.