The Prosecutor General visited China on a working trip

On March 30-31, 2017, a delegation of the Prosecutor General's office of the Republic of Kazakhstan headed by Prosecutor General Zhakip Asanov paid a working visit to the People's Republic of China.

Meetings were held with the Supreme people's Prosecutor, the Minister of justice and the Chairman of the Supreme people's court of China.

The Kazakh side was also represented by the extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Kazakhstan to China Shakhrat Nuryshev, permanent representative of Kazakhstan to the Secretariat of the Shanghai cooperation organization Erik Ashimov, Chairman Of the Committee on legal statistics and special accounts Bagdat Musin and other responsible representatives of the Prosecutor General's office of Kazakhstan.

During all the meetings, the sides noted the high level of cooperation and friendly relations between the state bodies of the two countries.

Cao Jianming and the Supreme people's Prosecutor of the people's Republic of China reached an agreement to exchange experience in the fight against terrorism, corruption, transnational organized crime, and the return of stolen assets from abroad.

During the meeting, they visited The center for managing information and judicial Affairs of the Supreme people's Prosecutor's office of the people's Republic of China and the Prosecutor's office of Beijing. It was decided that the parties will start working together on the introduction of electronic criminal procedure, as well as its improvement and simplification.

The Minister of justice of the people's Republic of China, Zhang Jun, discussed issues of openness in providing public services in the legal sphere and improving the penal system.

During the meeting, Zhakip Asanov said that 9 Kazakhstanis convicted in China are serving their sentences in China. They wish to transfer to Kazakhstan, but are not able to pay the fine imposed on them in the PRC.

In response to the request of the Kazakh side to assist in this issue, the Chinese justice Minister assured that he would carefully consider it, given the high level of friendly relations that have developed between Kazakhstan and China.

During the meeting with the Chairman of the Supreme People's court of China, Zhou Qiang, the creation of a unified information system for law enforcement agencies and courts in the two countries was discussed.

In addition, during the visit, Zhakip Asanov laid flowers at the bust of Abay Kunanbayev in the city ofBeijing, and also held a meeting with Kazakh students studying in China, which lasted about two hours.

Press service of the Prosecutor General's office of the Republic of Kazakhstan