9 agreements to be signed during Azeri President's visit to Kazakhstan
KU. September 29. KAZINFORM /Berik Khamidov/ Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan signed the protocol of the VIII session of the intergovernmental commission for economic cooperation co-chaired by Kazakh Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sauat Mynbayev and Azeri Industry and Energy Minister Natik Aliyev.
In the meeting the parties noted the present-day commodity turnover between the two nations as unsatisfactory. In 2010 the sales made USD 340 mln, for the six months of 2011 the turnover amounted to USD 150 mln.
On October 19-20 Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev will pay an official visit to Kazakhstan. The countries are expected to sign 9 agreements embracing energy, trade and customs sphere, etc.
Winding up the sitting the parties agreed on holding the 9th meeting of the commission next year in Astana.