Ambassador of Kazakhstan Bolat Imanbayev met with the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Narek Mkrtchyan

Yerevan, October 08, 2021 - Ambassador Bolat Imanbayev met with Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Narek Mkrtchyan, during which issues of Kazakh-Armenian cooperation in the labor and social sphere were discussed.

The Minister expressed Armenia's interest in intensifying cooperation and exchange of experience with Kazakhstan in these areas, noting that Kazakhstan's policy on social protection of the population, labor and employment has proven its effectiveness in the pandemic period.

During the meeting, the parties discussed the implementation of the Protocol of the 8th meeting of the Intergovernmental Kazakh-Armenian Commission for Economic Cooperation on May 26 2021 and the signing of a Memorandum of Intent on cooperation between the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia in the social and labor sphere.

The Ambassador informed the interlocutor about the main terms of the Address of the Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to the people of Kazakhstan `Unity of the people and systemic reforms are a solid foundation for the nation's prosperity`, as well as about current programs of socio-economic modernization of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan's international initiatives.