FM Y.Kazykhanov to visit Russia Nov 21

TANA. November 14. KAZINFORM /Askar Bimendin/ Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs Yerzhan Kazykhanov will pay the first official visit to the Russian Federation on November 21. Kazakh MFA's official spokesman Altai Abibullayev told a briefing.

"At a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov it is planned to discuss the current state and prospects of the Kazakh-Russian cooperation in the political, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian fields as well as exchange opinions on a wide range of problems of the international agenda," Altai Abibullayev said.

Special attention will be paid to practical steps on strengthening interaction between Kazakhstan and Russia within interregional near-border cooperation and other spheres.