Yerzhan Kazykhanov appointed as Special Presidential Representative for International Cooperation

Yerzhan Kazykhanov was relieved of his post as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to the United States of America, which he held since February 2017.

Earlier, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev approved the regulation on the President's Special Representative for International Cooperation. According to the document, a special representative is appointed and dismissed by the President on the proposal of the head of the Presidential Administration. Accountable to the President of the country.

The main tasks of the special representative are: to establish international relations in the political, economic, humanitarian and environmental spheres; ensuring the promotion of the main directions of the foreign policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the President's initiatives.