Kazakhstan, Belarus sign long-term partnership agreement
16:02, 10 June 2009
MINSK. June 10. KAZINFORM /Yernur Akanbai/ An agreement on long-term economic cooperation between Kazakhstan and Belarus for 2009-2016 has been signed today in Minsk. Heads of the Governments of both states – Karim Massimov and Sergey Sidorskiy signed the document.
Intergovernmental agreements on cooperation in the field of the civil defense, prevention and relief of emergency situations, and on cooperation in the field of higher and postgraduate education were signed upon the results of the negotiations. An agreement on cooperation in the sphere of tourism was signed between the Kazakh and Belarusian Ministries of Tourism and Sport. The cooperation plan for 2009-2010 was signed between the Kazakh and Belarusian Foreign Ministries.
The national companies of the two countries have also entered into agreements on cooperation, particularly on creation of joint enterprises of mechanical engineering, household refrigerators, agricultural equipment, devices and tools.