His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held an official session of talks today at the Akorda Presidential Palace in the capital Astana.
At the beginning of the session, President Tokayev welcomed His Highness the Amir and the accompanying delegation, appreciating His Highness the Amir's acceptance of the invitation to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit. He also expressed his aspiration to enhance cooperation relations between the two friendly countries at various levels and areas of bilateral cooperation.
For his part, His Highness the Amir expressed his sincere thanks to the President for the warm reception and the invitation to participate in the summit, expressing his happiness with the level of cooperation and friendship relations between the two countries, which he looks forward to pushing to broader horizons through the visit, in a way that achieves the interests of the two friendly peoples.
The talks dealt with developing and strengthening cooperation relations, in addition to exchanging views on the most prominent regional and international developments of common interest.
His Highness the Amir and the Kazakh President also exchanged views on the issues and topics on the SCO summit agenda.
The session was attended by HE the Chief of the Amiri Diwan Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani; HE the Minister of State for Energy Affairs Eng. Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi; HE the Minister of Commerce and Industry Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Qassim Al-Thani; HE the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi, and a number of Their Excellencies members of the official delegation.
The Kazakh side, it was attended by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murat Nurtleu; the Deputy Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Qatar-Kazakhstan Joint Higher Committee, Serik Zhumangarin; the Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan for external affairs, Erzhan Kazykhan; the Minister of Finance Erulan Jamaubaev; the Minister of Energy, Almassadam Satkaliyev, and a number of senior officials.
His Highness the Amir and the Kazakh President held a bilateral meeting during which they discussed ways to enhance cooperation between the two friendly countries and a number of issues of mutual interest.
His Highness the Amir also attended a dinner banquet hosted by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, at the Presidential Center, in honor of the Heads of State and Government participating in the SCO Summit.
