Kazakhstan, Thailand beef up bilateral coop
ASTANA. June 26. KAZINFORM The 2nd seating of the joint commission for bilateral cooperation between the Kingdom of Thailand and the Republic of Kazakhstan took place on June 21-22 in Bangkok, Kazinform has learnt from the Kazakh MFA's press service.
The delegation from Kazakhstan was headed by Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population Gulshara Abdykalikova.
She informed the participants of the joint commission of priorities of Kazakhstan's development until 2020 and the tasks given by President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to the Foreign Ministry of the country and diplomatic missions of Kazakhstan abroad. In her speech Ms Abdykalikova noted that industrial and innovative development was the priority for further socioeconomic development of the country. She also added that Thailand and Kazakhstan would celebrate 20 years since establishing diplomatic relations on July 6.
G. Abdykalikova emphasized that reorganization of Kazakhstan's diplomatic mission in Thailand into the embassy in January 2012 and the upcoming opening of Thailand's embassy in Kazakhstan reflected the fact the countries had boosted bilateral relations.
The 2nd seating focused on the problems of promoting the all-round cooperation between Kazakhstan and Thailand. The sides especially touched upon the problems of bilateral trade, attracting investments, cooperation in the field of science and technology, tourism and sport. Upon results of the seating the parties agreed to prepare for signing a treaty and an agreement on priority directions in the shortest possible time.
At the same time the sides agreed to create the Kazakh-Thai working group on business development and discuss possible establishment of the Kazakh-Thai Business Council.
Kazakhstan and Thailand came to an agreement to hold the 3rd seating of the joint Kazakh-Thai commission for bilateral cooperation in 2013 in Astana.