Kazakhstan - absolute leader in integration processes in post soviet space: V.Putin
MOSCOW. March 3. KAZINFORM /Narymbek Ismagulov/ "Kazakhstan is an absolute leader in integration processes in the post soviet space", Russian Premier Vladimir Putin has said today after the meeting with his Kazakh colleague K.Massimov.
"Kazakhstan takes the third place among our biggest trade-economic partners. Today Kazakhstan is an absolute leader in integration processes in the post soviet space", V.Putin said.
According to him, great work in this direction and, first of all, within the establishment of the Customs Union was conducted.
"It is important to keep this pace now. As we earlier agreed, it is necessary to establish the common customs area by July 1 and the Single Economic Space by January 1, 2010", the Russian Premier said.
As V.Putin noted, the cooperation of the two states in the electric-power industry, nuclear industry, high-tech spheres and space field is of prior importance today.