Kazakh President received Prime Minister of Ukraine

TANA. November 24. KAZINFORM Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has received Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov today; Kazinform refers to the presidential press service.

They discussed a wide array of topics of bilateral relations, including cooperation in investment and trade-financial spheres. For 10 months of 2011 bilateral trade turnover increased by 70 percent and made up USD 2.5 billion. Kazakhstan is Ukraine's second biggest trade partner after Russia.

Mykola Azarov expressed admiration for the architecture and growth of the Kazakhstan's capital, Astana.