President of Kazakhstan will visit South Africa this year
ASTANA. April 26. KAZINFORM - President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit South Africa (RSA) this year. This has been announced today at the Eurasian Media Forum by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the country in Kazakhstan Manaklal Shirish Soni.
Our heads of government decided that the current year the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev would visit South Africa. Last year, Nazarbayev also promised that the Republic of Kazakhstan will open its borders to South Africa and I think it will be a natural flow of exchange. I say it again and again for 14 months from the date of my arrival in Kazakhstan: President Nursultan Nazarbayev goes the way of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, " he said.
Speaking at the media forum at the meeting on the concept of the Eurasian Economic Union, the Ambassador made a proposal to the government level to share experience in the creation of the Customs Union.
"South Africa was part of the old Union - South African. My suggestion to the Government of Kazakhstan is discussion with our Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the issue. We went up to the very practical issues of income distribution, management of incentive schemes. So we can learn something from our experience. I think it will help to strengthen our relations ", concluded the Ambassador.