The third round of Kazakh-Norwegian political consultations was held

Nur-Sultan, December 14, 2020 – Regular meeting of Kazakh-Norwegian ministerial consultations were held online, during which the issues of political and trade-economic cooperation at the bilateral and multilateral format were discussed.

The event was co-chaired by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Margulan Baymukhan and State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway Audun Halvorsen.

During the talks, wide range of issues of cooperation were discussed, including the expansion of the bilateral legal framework and the intensification of inter-parliamentary cooperation. In the course of the consultations, special attention was paid to the exchange of experience in countering the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken by the two governments in this direction.

An important point of the discussions was the trade, economic and investment agenda, within which the parties noted the priority of cooperation in the field of transport, logistics, geological exploration and energy.

Issues of cooperation between the two countries through international organizations, including the UN and the OSCE were also discussed during the consultations.

At the end of the consultations, the parties confirmed their readiness to further strengthen cooperation across the entire spectrum of bilateral relations.