KAZAKHSTAN AND ARMENIA FMS MET IN ASTANA

source: KazInform
Journal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey
June 5 2006

ASTANA – On June 1 Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Kassymzhomart
Tokayev held a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Vartan Askanyan,
who pays an official visit to Kazakhstan.

The sides debated urgent issues of foreign affairs and a wide range
of matters concerning bilateral cooperation in various domains,
Kazakhstan MFA’s press service reports.

As stated there, transport and energy collaboration may become
priority one.

According to Askanyan Armenia considers Kazakhstan as the Central
Asian leader. He underlined a need for deepening further bilateral
as well as multilateral interaction.

Kazakhstan and Armenia established diplomatic links back to 1992. The
fundamental documents regulating bilateral relations are Treaty on
principles of relationship and Treaty on friendship and cooperation.

Mutual striving for widening mutual benefit trade and economic
cooperation was highlighted during the first official visit of
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev to Armenia May 2001. A
great deal of agreements were signed then.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress