Tokayev, Guterres discuss Kazakhstan-UN cooperation

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Speaker of Senate of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has had a working meeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres who is currently in Astana to participate in the Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Kazinform has learned from the press service of the Senate. 

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During the meeting, the sides discussed cooperation between Kazakhstan and the UN. Mr Tokayev said that Kazakhstan sees the UN as a universal organization. "Kazakhstan's participation in the work of the UN Security Council is the priority of its foreign policy. We also fully support the Secretary-General's efforts on the UN reformation," the Kazakh Senate Speaker noted.

Guterres, in turn, appraised highly President Nursultan Nazarbayev's efforts on settlement of the Syrian conflict.

The UN Secretary-General also said that the International exhibition EXPO-2017 is the clear proof of Kazakhstan's growing economic potential and international authority.