Ambassador of Kazakhstan met with the Chairman of Majlis Al-Shura

On January 25, 2021, H.E. Mr. Berik Aryn, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Saudi Arabia, was received by H.E. Dr. Abdullah Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Sheikh, the Chairman of the Consultative Council (Majlis Al-Shura) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

During the meeting, Ambassador Berik Aryn delivered a letter of H.E. Mr. Maulen Ashimbayev, the Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, addressed to Dr. Abdullah Al-Sheikh with congratulations on the extension of his powers by the Decree of the King of Saudi Arabia as the Chairman of Majlis Al-Shura along with the invitation to pay an official visit to Kazakhstan.

The parties also discussed issues of further strengthening inter-parliamentary ties between the two countries, including enhancing the work of the parliamentary friendship group "Kazakhstan - Saudi Arabia" and the organization of mutual visits by its members to exchange experiences.

Besides, Ambassador informed the Chairman of Majlis Al-Shura on the electoral campaign and the results of the elections of M.P.s of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, held on January 10 this year. In this context, the Kazakh diplomat briefed the Speaker on the main provisions of the third presidential package of political reforms aimed at political modernization and further democratization within the framework of several new initiatives announced by the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev in his address to the new structure of the Majilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan on January 15, 2021.

In his turn, Dr. Abdullah Al Al-Sheikh accepted with gratitude the invitation of the Kazakh Senate Speaker and expressed his readiness to visit Kazakhstan after the end of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The Chairman of Majlis Al-Shura also praised the political and socio-economic reforms carried out in Kazakhstan and the country's leadership's far-sighted policy.