Majilis Speaker meets with French Ambassador
14:26, 14 January 2010
ASTANA. January 14. KAZINFORM. /Muratbek Makulbekov/ France is one of the most important political and economic partners of Kazakh in Europe. Speaker of the Majilis of the Kazakh Parliament Ural Mukhamedzhanov has said it at the meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Kazakhstan Jean-Charles Berthonnet.
"This is the first European country we concluded the strategic partnership agreement with", the Speaker noted. He emphasized that partnership relations between the two states have good prospects for further development due to Kazakhstan's chairmanship in the OSCE.
The French diplomat noted that France supported Kazakhstan's initiative of holding the OSCE Summit in Astana. He expressed confidence that it was necessary to develop inter-parliamentary cooperation.