Djibouti interested in transit of Kazakh goods - FM Kazykhanov
ASTANA. March 5. KAZINFORM Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov met Djibouti Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Yousef on Monday.
The sides discussed the issues of cooperation development as well as the situation in the Middle East and Northern Africa. Kazykhanov said that Djibouti represented a gate to Eastern Africa. According to him, Djibouti is interested in developing cooperation with Kazakhstan in order to transit Kazakhstan's cargo and goods through its territory to the African continent.
Mahmoud Ali Yousef emphasized that Kazakhstan and Djibouti can become important connecting points in the African continent and in Central Asia. He expressed gratitude to Kazakhstan for productive chairmanship of OIC. This year Kazakhstan will transfer the OIC chairmanship to Djibouti.