Kazakhstan is Belarus' reliable friend and ally - Belarusian MP

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - Kazakhstan's Mazhilis Speaker Kabibulla Dzhakupov has met with Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko in Moscow today.

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Both MPs are in the capital of Russia for the session of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Council. At the meeting, the parliamentarians paid utmost attention of the Kazakhstani-Belarusian cooperation. The interlocutors noted that Kazakhstan and Belarus have great potential to step up interaction in the commercial and economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres. "Kazakhstan is Belarus' reliable friend, partner and ally. I believe that inter-parliamentary mechanisms will facilitate effective development of our bilateral cooperation," Mr. Andreichenko said. The sides also discussed possible signing of the cooperation agreement between the lower chamber of the Kazakh Parliament and the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus. Besides, Mr. Dzhakupov invited his Belarusian colleague to pay an official visit to Kazakhstan.