KAZAKH PRIME MINISTER HOLDS TALKS WITH HIS ARMENIAN, MOLDOVAN AND UKRAINIAN COUNTERPARTS

Kyiv Post
May 25 2009
Ukraine

Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov ASTANA – Kazakh Prime Minister
Karim Masimov held bilateral meetings with prime ministers of Armenia,
Moldova and Ukraine on Friday in Astana, Kazakh Prime Minister’s
press office reported.

According to the press office, during the talks with Armenian Prime
Minister, Tigran Sargsyan, the sides exchanged opinions on results
of the CIS Prime Ministers’ session and discussed issues of bilateral
economic cooperation.

"During the meeting the sides also discussed anti-recessionary measures
taken by the governments of both countries," the press office said.

Masimov discussed issues of boosting sales turnover between Kazakhstan
and Moldova during his meeting with Moldovan Prime Minister, Zinaida
Greceanii

"The sides also discussed possibilities for signing intergovernmental
agreements in fuel and energy field, as well investment protection,
in the nearest future", the press office said.

Meanwhile, "the state and prospects of developing bilateral
Kazakh-Ukrainian relations in trade and economic sphere" were discussed
during the talks of Masimov with the Prime Minister of Ukraine,
Yulia Tymoshenko.

"The sides noted a large potential for widening trade and economic
ties and spoke of the need to step up bilateral ties on a mutually
beneficial basis," the press office said.