In the framework of his official visit to Baku, Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov was received by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. Warm words of greetings from the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev were conveyed, primeminister.kz reports.
Thanks to the trusting relations between the heads of the two states, the Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan cooperation has been brought to a new qualitative level of partnership.
In the course of intergovernmental negotiations with Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov, the sides discussed issues of trade and economic cooperation, interaction in the transport and logistics sector, development of cultural and humanitarian ties.
In 2024, trade turnover between the two countries amounted to $533 million. Kazakhstan is ready to increase supplies of 130 types of non-resource goods to Azerbaijan in the amount of over $340 million. Attention was paid to cooperation in transport and logistics sector. Last year, the volume of cargo transportation along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route increased by 62% and reached 4.5 million tonnes. The integration of the Digital Trade Corridor platform has been completed between the railways of the two countries.
The parties reaffirmed their intention to make every effort to raise the bilateral trade turnover to a higher level.
A number of bilateral documents were signed following the meetings. Among them is a document on the design and construction of an underwater fibre-optic communication line along the Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan route. The project is of strategic importance for improving the quality and reliability of communication, expansion of data transmission between Asia and Europe.
The two countries also discussed cooperation in the cultural and humanitarian spheres. The Azerbaijani side highly appreciated Kazakhstan's contribution to the Karabakh reconstruction process.
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