17:18, 27 January 2009 | GMT +5
Ambassador of Georgia: ?I am sad to leave Kazakhstan but I am your good friend?.
ASTANA. January, 27. KAZINFORM /Zhiger Baitelessov/ Chairman of Mazhilis of the KZ Parliament Ural Mukhamedzhanov met with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Kazakhstan Zurab Shurgaia in connection with the completion of his diplomatic mission in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazinform reports.
You have not spent in vain these years in Kazakhstan, the speaker emphasized, thanking the Ambassador for the work done on the development of bilateral relations. The two sides noted that the basis for further deepening mutually beneficial cooperation has been created during this period.
"Georgia wants Kazakhstani business to feel free in our country ? do so as to put into practice the agreements of both Heads of the States", said the Ambassador.
After an exchange of views on the prospects of integration and forthcoming Kazakhstan?s Chairmanship in OSCE ? the first former Soviet country to reach such post, the diplomat said: ?I am sad to leave Kazakhstan but I am your good friend?.