Kazakh Foreign Minister met with UNDP Administrator
20:20, 18 May 2011
ASTANA. May 18. KAZINFORM /Askar Bimendin/ Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov held a meting with UNDP Administrator Ms.Helen Clark, who arrived in Kazakhstan as a part of the planned tour to Central Asia.
During the talks Kazykhanov noted that since it gained independence Kazakhstan always cooperated with the United Nations Development Programme.
Speaking on specific directions of cooperation, the sides noted that the priority in the joint work could be efforts to develop mutually acceptable mechanisms for integrated water resources management and environmental protection in the region. In particular, they considered the opportunity of closer cooperation between the UN Development Programme with the existing structures in Kazakhstan, for example with the Centre for Preventive Diplomacy, International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea.