Kazakhstan's Ambassador presented letters of credit to the King of the Netherlands

Kazakhstan's Ambassador Askar Zhumagaliyev has presented his letters of credit to His Majesty the King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander.

After the ceremony, the diplomat held a bilateral meeting with the monarch at the Noordeinde Palace, during which the parties discussed the main issues of further deepening political, trade and economic cooperation between Kazakhstan and the Netherlands.

The Ambassador briefed His Majesty the King on the current foreign policy and economic initiatives of our country. He also said that President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attaches great importance to strengthening multi-faceted cooperation with the Netherlands, while high-level contacts provided a solid foundation for a trust-based dialogue between the two countries.

In turn, King Willem-Alexander, specifically noting the high level of cooperation between the two countries, stressed the interest of the Netherlands in further expanding political and economic ties with Kazakhstan. He also recalled his meeting with the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, in March 2014 at the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague. The Ambassador added that First President Nazarbayev, in his speech at the Summit, said that Kazakhstan was the first country to close the nuclear Semipalatinsk test site and voluntarily renounced nuclear weapons. In this regard, he informed that 2021 will mark the 30th anniversary of the closure of the world's largest nuclear test site in Semipalatinsk achieved by the historic decision of First President Nazarbayev, who made an exceptional contribution to the formation of a safe and sustainable world.