19:44, 12 December 2009 | GMT +5
N. Nazarbayev invited Hu Jintao to make official visit to Kazakhstan in 2010
sp;ASTANA. December 12. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev has invited his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao to pay an official visit to Kazakhstan next year.

"Strengthening strategic partnership between Kazakhstan and China requires maintaining regular top-level contacts. In this view I would like to thank you for the invitation to visit China and in turn I invite you, Mr. Chairman, to visit Kazakhstan in 2010", N. Nazarbayev said.
"Mr. President accepted my invitation with pleasure. He also invited me to visit Kazakhstan in 2010 and I accepted his invitation with joy", Hu Jintao said at the briefing.
The Leaders of Kazakhstan and China highly appreciated the negotiations and noted that their atmosphere and content fully reflected good-neighbor, partnership and trustful character of the Kazakh-Chinese relations.