On Inter-ministerial Consultations Between Kazakhstan and Lithuania

Nur-Sultan, March 17, 2021 – Inter-ministerial consultations at the level of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Margulan Baimukhan and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantas Adomenas took place via videoconference.

Parties discussed topical issues of bilateral cooperation, including political, trade and economic, cultural, humanitarian, consular and other spheres. Views were exchanged over current issues on the international agenda.

The Lithuanian side was informed of various aspects of the political reforms initiated by Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in the context of the implementation of the concept of a "Listening State".

At the outcomes of negotiations, an agreement was reached to intensify cooperation in the spirit of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between Kazakhstan and the European Union, the parties stressed the prospects of cooperation in the fields of processing industry and agriculture, transit-transport and healthcare, as well as new technologies (RES, fintech, biotechnology) and others.

In addition, the diplomats discussed ways to intensify inter-parliamentary dialogue, as well as issues of expanding the treaty legal framework.