President Tokayev invites UAE President to participate in Astana International Forum 2024

Dubai, The Gulf Observer: Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu held talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, according to the reports of the press service of the Kazakh MFA.

Kazakh Foreign Minister congratulated his counterpart on the successful organization of the COP28 conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which is being held in Dubai from November 30 to December 12, and noted the leadership positions of Kazakhstan and the UAE in the fight against climate change, drawing attention to the high importance of their international initiatives and national commitments.

While discussing bilateral cooperation, Nurtleu noted that the Emirates are the most important partner of Kazakhstan in the region and our countries have traditionally fraternal relations.

The parties reviewed the implementation of agreements reached during the official visit of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Abu Dhabi in January this year, agreeing that close political dialogue between leaders of the two states is a key to the fruitful development of Kazakh-Emirati multi-sectoral relations.

Kazakh Foreign Minister presented his colleague with a letter from the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev addressed to the President of the UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan with an invitation to take part in the Astana International Forum in 2024 and noted the possibility of combining his participation in this event with an official visit to our country.

At the meeting, special emphasis was placed on supporting investment and technological cooperation that has been developing in recent years, as well as building up trade and economic relations. The two sides agreed to make maximum use of available opportunities to achieve trade volume of 1 billion US dollars.

For this purpose, the ministers noted the need to open direct flights between the capitals of the two countries and agreed to explore the possibility of organizing flights by “Etihad Airways” and “Air Arabia”.

At the end of the meeting, M. Nurtleu invited Sheikh Abdullah to pay an official visit to Astana next year.