Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov and Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin held bilateral talks, during which they discussed the implementation of agreements reached between the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Russian President Vladimir Putin to increase the volume of bilateral trade.

Plans to expand trade and economic, scientific and technical, cultural and humanitarian cooperation between the countries were considered. Attention is paid to the implementation of tasks to strengthen cooperation in the field of industrial cooperation, agriculture, energy, transport industry, etc. The sides also discussed plans to expand trade, economic, scientific, technical, cultural and humanitarian cooperation between the countries.

Russia is one of the main trade partners of Kazakhstan. For 11 months of the last year mutual trade reached $24.2 billion. In order to achieve the agreements of the Heads of State to bring trade turnover to $30 billion, it is important to expand the range of goods supplied. The sides noted the positive results of the implementation of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Programme for 2021-2025 and outlined the expediency of developing an updated programme for the coming period.

The trade turnover of agricultural products at the end of 10 months of 2024 increased by 5% and amounted to more than $3.2 billion.

In the field of industrial cooperation, 99 Kazakh-Russian projects worth $18.6 billion have been implemented to date. Prospects for the implementation of new joint projects in Kazakhstan have been considered.

Transit traffic through Kazakhstan is developing at a high rate. In this regard, attention was paid to the development of road and railway infrastructure, as well as the opening of new alternative routes in the field of water transport.

"Thanks to the joint efforts of Heads of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Vladimir Putin, our bilateral cooperation has been brought to a qualitatively new level. An important task is to ensure full practical implementation of the agreements reached at the highest level. The Government of Kazakhstan is ready to work closely together and develop full cooperation in all areas," Olzhas Bektenov emphasised.

"Kazakhstan is our strategic partner and ally. Our relations are based on the principles of friendship, good neighbourliness, mutual respect and consideration of each other's interests. During Vladimir Putin's state visit to Kazakhstan, important agreements were reached on further development of our relations. The task of the governments is to ensure the clear implementation of those agreements, which were reached by our leaders," Mikhail Mishustin noted.

Following the talks, the parties agreed to strengthen strategic partnership and continue joint work in all areas.

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