Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan and Sweden hold a phone conversation

NUR-SULTAN, 28 September 2020 - Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi had a telephone conversation with Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ann Christin Linde. The conversation was initiated by Sweden.

Minister Tileuberdi congratulated Minister Linde on Sweden’s forthcoming OSCE Chair and expressed the readiness of Kazakhstan to share its experience of being the OSCE Chair. In turn, the Swedish side expressed interest in discussing issues on the agenda of future OSCE events.

The foreign ministers noted the positive experience of political interaction at other international platforms, including interactions during the period of coincident non-permanent membership of both countries at the UN Security Council in 2017-2018. At the same time, the parties expressed their willingness for active interaction within the implementation of the new Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between Kazakhstan and the European Union.

In the context of the need to enhance investment, trade and economic cooperation, the ministers noted growing mutual interest of businesses of the two countries in establishing cooperation in energy, information and communication technologies, healthcare and extractive industry.

In addition, the parties confirmed their interest in further strengthening educational, cultural and humanitarian cooperation.