12:33, 25 December 2009 | GMT +5
Image of Kazakh army to improve before 2015 - Defense Minister
ASTANA. December 25. KAZINFORM The image of Kazakhstan's army will improve before 2015, with the entire enhancement of the Kazakh Armed Forces, Minister of Defense Adilbek Dzhaksybekov has announced during his working trip to China; the Ministry's press service reports.

"There are several strategic tasks given by the President we are carrying through to set up a professional army, which will meet the highest international standards", A.Dzhaksybekov noted at the meeting with Defense Minister of China Liang Guanglie and Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Guo Boxiong.
There were discussed main directions of cooperation between armed forces of Kazakhstan and China - training of the Kazakh militaries in military educational establishments of China and military-technical sphere.
The Kazakh Minister of Defense thanked the Chinese leadership and Minister for support in training of the Kazakh military specialists.