On the inter-ministerial consultations between Kazakhstan and China and the meeting of the Security Cooperation Subcommittee

Nur-Sultan, June 22, 2021 – Inter-ministerial consultations between Kazakhstan and the People's Republic of China and a meeting of the Security Cooperation Subcommittee were held in an online format.

The Kazakh delegation was headed by the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Shakhrat Nuryshev, and the Chinese delegation was headed by the Vice Foreign Minister of China Le Yucheng.

During the political consultations, the parties discussed topical issues of bilateral cooperation, including the scheduled events at the high and the highest levels, collaboration in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, prospects for resumption of works of checkpoints on the border of the two countries, air traffic and mutual issuance of visas progressively as the epidemiological situation stabilizes.

The parties agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation, including within the framework of international and regional structures of the UN, CICA and SCO.

At the meeting of the Security Cooperation Subcommittee, issues of practical interaction of competent government agencies in the field of cybersecurity, the fight against the forces of the "three evils" (terrorism, separatism and extremism) were discussed, as well as countering transnational drug crime, and cooperation between Ministries of Defense on personnel training and joint military exercises.

Following the results of the events, the parties confirmed their commitment to further strengthening the Kazakh-Chinese strategic partnership on the basis of friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation.