On October 30, Kyrgyz Cabinet Chairman and Head of the Presidential Administration Adylbek Kasymaliev and Kazakhstan Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov held the 14th meeting of the Kyrgyz-Kazakh Intergovernmental Council in an expanded format in Bishkek.
The sides noted steady positive momentum in trade and economic cooperation. They also discussed cooperation in water and energy and tourism.
Participants praised mutual support between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan at international and regional platforms and discussed the continued development of cultural and humanitarian ties.
Kasymaliev said that relations of trust between the two countries’ leaders had brought bilateral cooperation to a new level in recent years. He added that Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s official visit last year had confirmed the allied nature of relations between the countries.
Bektenov said the main objective was to carry out the tasks set by the heads of state and confirmed readiness to expand cooperation across all areas of bilateral relations.
At the end of the meeting, Kasymaliev and Bektenov signed the protocol of the 14th meeting of the Kyrgyz-Kazakh Intergovernmental Council.