Kazakh envoy presents credentials to Armenian president

Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency, Almaty
3 Jun 04

Astana, 3 June: The Kazakh ambassador in Moscow, Krymbek Kusherbayev,
who is also the ambassador in Yerevan and Helsinki, has presented
credentials to Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, the Kazakh embassy
in Russia told Interfax-Kazakhstan today.

During the conversation that followed the ceremony of presenting
credentials, which took place in Yerevan on 2 June, Kocharyan “showed
a lively interest in the Kazakh experience of economic reforms,
especially in the programme of industrial and innovation development
until 2015”, a press release by the Kazakh embassy says.

Kocharyan, the press release says, noted that Armenia “aims for
closer cooperation with Kazakhstan and would welcome joint economic
projects and the entry of major Kazakh banks into attractive sectors”
of its economy.

Preparations for the summits of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization and the Eurasian Economic Community, which are due to
be held in Astana in June, were also discussed at the meeting.

Armenia, as well as Kazakhstan, is a fully-fledged member of the
Collective Security Treaty Organization and has observer status in
the Eurasian Economic Community, whereas Kazakhstan is a fully-fledged
member of the organization.