Kazakhstan, USA launch a mechanism of bilateral consultations
ASTANA-WASHINGTON. March 8. KAZINFORM. Kazakhstan and the USA are set to further deepening of interaction and improvement of a mechanism of mutual consultations on the urgent issues of global and regional policy and bilateral relations.
During the recent meeting in Washington Kazakh Secretary of State - Minister of Foreign Affairs Kanat Saudabayev and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed to institutionalize a mechanism of consultations and approach a new format of Kazakh-American cooperation. Within the framework of that format a mechanism of bilateral consultations between Kazakhstan and the USA was established; Kazinform has learnt from the Kazakh Embassy in the USA.
The first consultations will be held in Washington on March 8-10 on the following topics - status and prospects of political cooperation, human dimension, energy, security, economy and social development.
The Kazakh delegation headed by Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Umarov and including Vice Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Asset Magauov, Vice Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Timur Suleimenov, Secretary of the Human Rights Commission under the President of Kazakhstan Tastemir Abishev, Kazakhstan Special Representative for Afghanistan Omirtai Bitimov and others will take part in the event.
The main purpose of the planned consultations is to analyze the status of the bilateral relations on the extension of strategic partnership between the two states and determine prospects of their further development.