Kazakhstan and Israel held inter-ministerial political consultations

Jerusalem, July 13, 2022 – The foreign ministries of Kazakhstan and Israel held 11th political consultations under the chairmanship of Adil Tursunov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, and Idan Roll, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, as well as Gary Koren, Deputy Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry. 

During the meeting, the parties compared notes on the entire range of bilateral relations in political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian fields, as well as through the national official development assistance agencies, KazAID and MASHAV. 

The sides highly appreciated the results of the 9th meeting of the Kazakh-Israeli Joint Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation held on July 11-12, 2022, in Nur-Sultan. 

The parties also exchanged views on the situation in the Middle East and Central Asia, as well as global and regional security issues. 

The participants also discussed the interaction of the two countries within multilateral platforms. In particular, they emphasized aspects of cooperation within the UN and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA). The diplomats noted the importance of the successful holding in Kazakhstan of the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions and the 6th CICA Summit in the autumn of 2022.

Following the conversation, the parties agreed to increase cooperation between the foreign ministries of the two countries.