Issues of inter-parliamentary cooperation between Kazakhstan and Hungary were discussed in Budapest

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Hungary Mr. Zhanibek Abdrashov met on June 19, 2020 the Chairman of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Hungary Mr. László Kövér.

The issues of inter-parliamentary cooperation and activities of the "Friendship Group" of parliamentarians were discussed during meeting. The interlocutors stressed the importance of further promotion of mutually beneficial economic cooperation, including the development of trade and investments. The sides also touched upon issues of cooperation within the framework of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking countries, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the European Parliament.

The Ambassador of Kazakhstan has informed Mr. L.Kövér about the political reforms realized in Kazakhstan, affecting the further development of basic institutions of democracy - the right of citizens to peaceful assemblies, organization of elections and activity of political parties which open a new stage in consecutive liberalization of social and political life. In this context, the Kazakh side provided detailed clarifications on the laws signed by President Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the end of May on the "Procedure for the organization and holding of peaceful assemblies in the Republic of Kazakhstan", "On Amendments to the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "on elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan" and "On Amendments and Additions to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan" on political parties".

At the end of the meeting, the sides noted the positive dynamics of bilateral relations based on the strategic level of partnership between Kazakhstan and Hungary.