Kazakhstan Ahead of Putin-Tokayev Summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Kazakhstan tomorrow for a two-day summit with his Kazakh counterpart Kasym-Jomart Tokayev to discuss the development of strategic partnership between the two neighboring countries.

According to the Kremlin press service, “the plans are to discuss further development of relations between Russia and Kazakhstan in the framework of strategic partnership between the two countries and the union in various spheres, taking into account Kazakhstan’s chairmanship this year in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and Russia’s rotating chairmanship both in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and in the BRICS group of countries.”

In addition, Putin and Tokayev will address via videoconference the plenary session of the Forum of Interregional Cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan, which will be held in the city of Ufa, Russia.

Following the talks, Putin and Tokayev will sign a Joint Declaration on Strategic Cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan, as well as a number of intergovernmental, interagency, and trade agreements that “will bring the partnership between the two neighboring countries to an even higher and qualitatively new level.”