Shymkent, Kazakhstan: Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, on Thursday met with Askar Mamin, Kazakhstan’s First Deputy Prime Minister, in Shymkent.
During the meeting, which was attended by Karim Massimov, chairman of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan, Shaikh Mansour commended the outstanding bilateral cooperation between both countries at all levels, expressing the UAE’s keenness to strengthen joint cooperation with the Central Asian country.
He also highlighted the importance of the economic MoUs relating to the oil and gas fields signed recently and the agreement to exempt the citizens of the two countries from prior visa requirements, expressing hope that they will contribute to opening new fields and channels for the benefit of both parties. During the meeting, the two sides discussed bilateral relations in the economic, investment, development and cultural fields. The meeting also touched upon a number of regional and international issues of common concern.
Shaikh Mansour arrived in Shymkent, where he was received at the airport by Mamin and Massimov, along with Dr Mohammad Ahmad Bin Sultan Al Jaber, the UAE Ambassador to Kazakhstan, and a number of officials.
