Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan and Russia held talks in Moscow

MOSCOW, September 9, 2020 - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the framework of the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the SCO.

During the talks, the Foreign Ministers discussed the current state and prospects for the development of the Kazakh-Russian cooperation in political, economic, transit and transport sectors, cooperation of the two countries within international organizations and regional integration organizations such as CIS, EEU, CSTO, SCO and CIСA.

The main topics of the talks included the pressing issues of the international agenda, including ensuring global and regional security.

The Ministers also discussed the preparation of bilateral and multilateral events at the high and summit levels, planned to be held this year.

Following the results of the meeting, the parties signed the Protocol to the Intergovernmental Agreement on Opening of a Consulate of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Astrakhan and a Consulate of the Russian Federation in Uralsk as of October 9, 2000.

In accordance with the document, the Consulate of Kazakhstan in Astrakhan shall be reorganized into a Consulate General servicing the territories of the Astrakhan, Volgograd, Orenburg, Samara and Saratov regions.