Kazakh PM to receive Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
14:46, 19 August 2013
ASTANA. August 19. KAZINFORM Today, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Akhmetov is expected to receive Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi in Astana.
It has been announced by Altai Abibullayev, the official spokesperson of the Central Communications Service under the President of Kazakhstan, at a press briefing.
"A wide range of issues of the Kazakh-Chinese cooperation are in the spotlight of the Astana meeting on the eve of the first visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Kazakhstan," Mr. Abibullayev noted.
He also reminded that China is an important strategic partner for Kazakhstan and that bilateral cooperation between the two nations develops in the spirit of good neighborliness and friendship. For instance, the sales turnover between the countries totaled $24.5 billion in 2012.