Kazakh Ambassador met with Tajik Defense Minister

ASTANA. April 6. KAZINFORM. Kazakh Ambassador Abutalip Akhmetov met with Minister of Defense of Tajikistan Sherali Khairulloyev in Dushanbe on Saturday; Kazinform refers to the Kazakh MFA?s press service.

The diplomat told about the main provisions of the Kazakh President?s Address ?Through Crisis to Renovation and Prosperity?. He also noted that Kazakhstan pays special attention to cooperation with Tajikistan. The Tajik Defense Minister stressed that the two countries closely cooperate in the issues of regional security. Both countries are members of the SCO and CSTO. It was noted that the forthcoming Kazakh-Tajik antiterrorist exercises will confirm mutually beneficial cooperation between the two states within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.