Kazakh president approves partnership treaty with Turkey
20:00, 3 August 2011
ASTANA. August 3. KAZINFORM Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev ratified Wednesday a strategic partnership treaty with Turkey, intended to build closer ties between the two countries. Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
The treaty, signed in 2009 in the Turkish capital Ankara, covers political, economic, defense, cultural, scientific and education spheres.
Both countries "will cooperate bilaterally, regionally and internationally to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, transnational organized crime, and drug and human trafficking," said the committee for international affairs, defense and security of the Majlis, the lower chamber of the Kazakh parliament.
The treaty will enhance bilateral cooperation as well as promote the interests of the two countries in southeastern Europe and the Middle East, the committee said in a report. Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.xinhuanet.com