Prospects for cooperation with Poland discussed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan

Nur-Sultan, November 9, 2021 – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi met with Marshal (Speaker) of the Senate of Poland, Tomasz Grodzki, who arrived in our country on an official visit.

The parties discussed a wide range of issues of political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation. The sides noted the regular nature of contacts established at the highest and governmental levels between the two countries, as well as the importance of further development and strengthening of the inter-parliamentary dialogue.

The Foreign Minister emphasized that Kazakhstan and Poland have similar positions on current global issues of our time and successfully interact not only in a bilateral format, but also within multilateral structures. In this context, the partnership within the framework of the UN Human Rights Council, whose members are Poland (in 2020-2022) and Kazakhstan (in 2022-2024), comes to the fore. Mukhtar Tileuberdi also expressed Kazkahstan’s readiness to support Warsaw's chairmanship in the OSCE in 2022, taking into account the positive experience of our chairmanship in this Organization and the successful holding of the OSCE Summit in 2010 in the capital of Kazakhstan.

The prospects of integration cooperation in the format of the “Central Asian Five + Visegrad Four” were also discussed. Touching upon the topic of multilateral trade and economic cooperation, Mukhtar Tileuberdi called on the Polish side to take an active part in the work of the WTO 12th Ministerial Conference on November 30 – December 3, 2021 in Geneva under the chairmanship of Kazakhstan.

In turn, the Speaker of the Polish Senate noted that “despite the long distance separating our countries, Kazakhstan and Poland are very close, due to their common historical past”. Tomasz Grodzki emphasized the constructive and trusting nature of the dialogue between the two countries on the bilateral and multilateral agenda.

The parties stressed the special role of the “living bridge” between our countries, which is played by representatives of the Polish diaspora living in Kazakhstan, who, folliowing Kazakhstan's independence, received a powerful impetus for the revival of national identity and culture.

Following the meeting, the parties noted the importance of further support for active political dialogue, investment partnership and cultural ties between Kazakhstan and Poland, which in April 2022 will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.