Bakhyt Sultanov and Arzybek Kozhoshev discussed issues of mutual cargo transportation

Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bakhyt Sultanov held talks via videoconference with First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic Arzybek Kozhoshev.

During the meeting, issues of implementation of the Protocol of the 1st meeting of the Working Group on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic, held on February 16, 2022 in Almaty, in particular on mutual cargo transportation, including the passage of cargo vehicles traveling from the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, were discussed and in the opposite direction.

Following the meeting, the Parties reached a number of agreements, including on preventing the accumulation of cargo vehicles on the Kyrgyz-Kazakh border, taking joint measures to prevent the import and export of unaccounted goods, as well as that in the absence of electronic invoices, these vehicles should be returned to the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic.

It was decided to hold such negotiations on a monthly basis in order to monitor and promptly solve emerging problems in the field of mutual cargo transportation.