Kazakhstan congratulates Norway on election to UN Security Council

NUR-SULTAN, July 3, 2020 - A telephone conversation took place between Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi and Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide.

The Minister congratulated Norway on its election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2021-2022 and shared the experience of Kazakhstan in this main UN body responsible for maintaining peace and security.

Being a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in 2017-2018, Kazakhstan defended the joint interests of the Central Asian states, paying particular attention to the issue of resolving the conflict in Afghanistan. The Foreign Minister also acquainted the minister with the initiative of our country to create the UN Regional Center for Sustainable Development Goals in Almaty.

Soreide thanked our minister for Kazakhstan's support for Norway's candidacy in the UN Security Council. Noting the successful experience of Kazakhstan in the Council, she expressed readiness to work on issues on the UN agenda.

The foreign ministers also reaffirmed their readiness to further strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation across the entire spectrum of bilateral relations.

The conversation was held at the initiative of the Norwegian side.