Luanda - The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, met Sunday afternoon in New York with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Murat Nurtleu, with whom he analysed bilateral cooperation.
The meeting took place in the United Nations headquarters building, on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly, and served as an opportunity for the two entities to analyse issues related to closer political and diplomatic relations between the two countries, as well as aspects related to multilateralism.
The opportunity was also taken for the interlocutors to discuss the possibility of signing a number of legal instruments, mainly linked to visa exemptions for diplomatic and service passports, the General Cooperation Agreement, and the exchange of visits between official delegations from the two countries.
The Republic of Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country, located in Central Asia and with a small part west of the Ural River in Europe.
With an estimated population of 17.8 million, Kazakhstan is rich in natural resources, especially oil, uranium, as well as wheat, flowers and heavy machinery.
It is committed to multiplying its efforts to achieve an annual income per inhabitant of 25,000 dollars by 2030 and is among the 30 most competitive economies in the world by 2050.
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Kazakhstan is one of the world's fastest-growing economies and a major oil producer, producing two million barrels a day. ART/DAN/DOJ
