Kazakhstan and Romania intend to deepen cooperation between think tanks

June 12, 2024, Bucharest - Kazakh Ambassador Yerlik Ali met Liliana Popescu-Bîrlan, Director General of the Romanian Diplomatic Institute.

The key topic of the talks was the discussion of the implementation of the Memorandum between the Foreign Policy Research Institute under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Romanian Diplomatic Institute, signed during the first in the history of bilateral relations official visit of the Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan M. Nurtleu in December 2023 to Romania.   

The sides agreed to intensify work on mutual exchange of information, development of projects and research programs, as well as exchange of experts. In particular, the possibility of holding negotiations in the videoconference format, as well as joint work on scientific publications with a focus on economic diplomacy, the geopolitical situation and the need to develop regional cooperation are currently under discussion.

During the conversation, the Ambassador also outlined the key directions of Kazakhstan's multi-vector, proactive and progmatic foreign policy (chairmanship of the SCO, cooperation between the RK-EU and CA-EU, our country's contribution to the global movement for a world without nuclear weapons, etc.).