Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Meets with UK Ambassador
Nur-Sultan, January 19, 2022– Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerlan Alimbayev held a meeting with the British Ambassador to Kazakhstan Kathy Leach, on the occasion of the 30thanniversary of the diplomatic relationship between the two countries.
Kazakhstan-UK relationship was formally established on 19 January 1992, and since then it has grown into a thriving strategic partnership. In honour of the anniversary, Deputy Minister Alimbayev passed on to Ambassador Leach congratulatory messages from the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev addressed to Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Mr Alimbayev also passeda letter from the Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs MukhtarTileuberdito the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Elizabeth Truss MP.
At the meeting, the Kazakh diplomat briefed the Ambassador about the events of the tragic January and the current situation in Kazakhstan. Alimbayev thanked his counterpart for the condolences to the people of Kazakhstan expressed on behalf of the UK Government by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for South and Central Asia, as well as by Ambassador Kathy Leach.
The two sides have reconfirmed their commitment to the further enhancement of the bilateral cooperation on a wide range of priority issues, including the work on the early concluding of the Strategic Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between Kazakhstan and the United Kingdom.