NATO interested in further partnership with Kazakhstan - meeting in Senate
19:52, 24 June 2009
ASTANA. June 24. KAZINFORM. Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan's Parliament Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has met with NATO Secretary General M. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer today; Kazinform refers to the House's press service.
The parties discussed the issues of further interaction between Kazakhstan and NATO, including the interparliamentary cooperation.
K. Tokayev noted the dynamics of contacts within the framework of the Partnership for Peace program. He said it was necessary to strengthen constructive cooperation at the parliamentary level. "A very important event for deepening of partnership relations and direct dialog with NATO is holding of the 71st Rose-Roth Seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Astana", he emphasized.
Mr. Scheffer appreciated the level of bilateral interaction and expressed interest in strengthening of interparliamentary relations between Kazakhstan and the Alliance.