Kazakh President arrives in Belarus with two-day visit

21:29, 25 November 2009

sp;MINSK. November 25. KAZINFORM. /Yernur Akanbai/ President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has arrived with an official visit to Belarus today. In the airport of Minsk he was met by Prime Minister of Belarus Sergey Sidorsky and other officials.

N. Nazarbayev is expected to meet with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko. The talks both in narrow and extended formats will be held. Following their results a number of bilateral documents will be signed.

Within the framework of the visit the Kazakh leader will lay flowers to the Monument of Victory in Minsk, meet with the management of Republican Unitary Production Enterprise "Belarusian Autoworks" (BELAZ), "Lidselmash" OJSC and take part in the summit of information-communication technologies "Connect the CIS Space". Along with the Kazakh and Belarusian leaders the presidents of Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will take part in the summit.

On November 27 President Nazarbayev will take part in the sitting of the EurAsEC Interstate Council. A press conference with the participation of the heads of EurAsEC member states will be held as well.

The Kazakh President is accompanied by Secretary of State - Minister of Foreign Affairs Kanat Saudabayev, Minister of Industry and Trade Asset Issekeshev, Minister of Emergencies Vladimir Bozhko, Chairman of Financial Supervision Agency Yelena Bakhmutova, Akim of Aktobe region Yeleussin Sagindykov and others.

Kazakhstan and Belarus established diplomatic relations on September 16, 1992. The states cooperate in bilateral, multilateral formats and within such organizations as the UN, OSCE, EurAsEC and CIS. Kazakhstan is the third large trade partner for Belarus after Russia and Ukraine. Over the period January - September 2009 the bilateral commodity circulation between the two states amounted to USD 316.8 billion.

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