The Heads of the Foreign Offices of Kazakhstan and Mexico held negotiations

New York, September 21, 2023 – Within the framework of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, negotiations were held between the Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico Alicia Barcena Ibarra.

The heads of foreign affairs agencies discussed current issues of bilateral and multilateral cooperation. In particular, international initiatives of Kazakhstan and issues of mutual support within international organizations were discussed. Special attention was paid to the issues of simplifying the visa regime between Kazakhstan and Mexico.

Minister M. Nurtleu emphasized that Mexico is a key partner of Kazakhstan in Latin America and welcomed the plans of the Mexican side to open its Embassy in Astana in the near future.

It was noted that despite the distance between Kazakhstan and Mexico, the volume of trade turnover in the first 7 months of this year alone reached 355 million US dollars, which is 328% higher than the same period of the previous year. At the same time, trade turnover in 2022 amounted to about 200 million US dollars.