Development of interparliamentary diplomacy in the focus of Kazakh-Romanian relations

03.10.2023, Bucharest - Today, the sides held a meeting with the Chairman of the Senate Committee of the Romanian Parliament, Titus Corlatean, during which they discussed new ways to deepen inter-parliamentary ties. 

During the talks, the interlocutors reiterated the high level of cooperation between the parliaments of the two countries, especially within the PACE and OSCE PA. In particular, the sides agreed to develop inter-parliamentary diplomacy by intensifying bilateral meetings on the margins of the meetings of international organizations. 

An important topic of the meeting was the large-scale political and socio-economic reforms taking place in Kazakhstan on the initiative of President Tokayev. In particular, the Romanian senator was informed in detail about the new economic course, improvement of the model of interaction between the branches of power, expansion of citizens' participation in government, improvement in the protection of human rights and freedoms in our country.

It should be noted that in September 2020 being the General Rapporteur of PACE on the abolition of the death penalty T. Korlatsyan welcomed the decision of Kazakhstan to completely abolish the death penalty, which in its turn corresponds to the values of the Council of Europe, stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international treaties.

At the conclusion of the meeting, the interlocutors agreed to continue working together to deepen bilateral partnership in political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres.