Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Roman Vassilenko held talks with the member of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with Central Asia and Mongolia (DCAS) Ryszard Czarnecki, who arrived in the capital of Kazakhstan on a working visit, El.kz cites MFA.
During the meeting, parties discussed current state and prospects for the development of the Kazakh-European political, trade, economic and investment cooperation, including issues of transport and logistics, extraction and use of critical raw materials and renewable energy sources.
The parties paid a special attention to issues of promotion of intraregional cooperation in Central Asia and relations with the European Union, including in the areas of connectivity, climate change and international security.
Member of the European Parliament Czarnecki emphasized that Kazakhstan is a reliable partner of the EU in the Central Asian region and expressed the EU’s commitment to further constructive and pragmatic interaction on a wide range of issues.
On cooperation with the European Parliament, the parties discussed the outcomes of the 20th meeting of the Parliamentary Cooperation Committee “Republic of Kazakhstan - European Union”, held on November 13, 2023 in Brussels, and exchanged views on the upcoming elections to the European Parliament in 2024.
They exchanged views on the progress in implementing the agreements reached following the visits to Kazakhstan of three delegations of the European Parliament: the Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) in August 2023, the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) in August 2022 and the DCAS Delegation in April 2022.
Following the meeting, the parties agreed to continue a constructive dialogue aimed at developing effective inter-parliamentary and inter-party relations in order to strengthen the political basis of a multifaceted strategic partnership.
During his visit to Kazakhstan, the Member of the European Parliament also held negotiations with the Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Aigul Kuspan, and the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Artur Lastayev.