2008 WAS SUCCESSFUL IN RESPECT OF STRENGTHENING AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARMENIAN-KAZAKH RELATIONS
NOYAN TAPAN
Dec 25, 2008
YEREVAN
The political relations between Armenia and Kazakhstan are at a high
level. Nurbolat Alimbayev, the Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of
Kazakhstan to Armenia, said at the December 25 press conference adding
that 2008 was a successful year in the respect of strengthening and
development of the relations between the two countries: a number
of mutual official visits have taken place during the year. In his
opinion, the most important axis in the Armenian-Kazakh relations is
mutual confidence and friendship between the two countries. According
to N. Alimbayev, the most important problem in the development of
the relations between the two countries is the lack of a direct
transport communication.
He said that the construction of the Kazakhstan-Iran-Armenia railway
is among the priority programs.
According to N. Alimbayev, Kazakhstan carries on balanced policy
with all countries. "We do not have a notion of small, medium-sized
or big country," he said. In response to the question of what is
Kazakhstan’s most important achievement since its independence,
N. Alimbayev said that no doubt it is country’s home political
stability based on consent and tolerance between religions and nations.
Touching upon the issue of making investments in Armenia’s
economy, Kartay Kharirov, the Adviser for Economic Issues of
Embassy of Kazakhstan, said that they have done some work in that
direction. However, according to him, no investment proposal has been
presented to them by the Armenian side so far.
It was also mentioned that Kazakhstan’s Armenian community is rather
big, nearly 25 thousand people, and large-scale activity is carried
out in country’s cultural, scientific, and other spheres.