The first president of Kazakhstan said that the republic is set up for a strategic partnership with Russia
NUR-SULTAN, August 19. /TASS/. The first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, during a meeting on Thursday with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, proposed creating joint ventures in the field of the military-industrial complex.
"As for the further development of closer relations, it is necessary to develop more joint ventures, including in the military-industrial complex. The territory is ready, you have an overabundance of all this business - let's go there, we will produce both for Russia and for ourselves, develop industry, " Nazarbayev said.
He noted that as a result of the industrialization policy, Kazakhstan has made good progress in the field of product processing. Nazarbayev also proposed to develop industrial cooperation with the Russian Federation in the conditions of sanctions of Western countries.
In addition, the first President of Kazakhstan, as the honorary Chairman of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, spoke in favor of expanding the membership of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). "We need to strengthen this organization. We need others to be here - our neighbors Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, they should be, we also need to work with the Turkmens," Nazarbayev said.
The EAEU includes Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Moldova, Uzbekistan and Cuba have the status of observers at the organization.
Strategic partnership
Nazarbayev said that the republic is set up for a strategic partnership with the Russian Federation.
"I believe that Russian-Kazakh cooperation is an example for all other states. All 30 years after the collapse of the [Soviet] We have never had any disagreements, conflicts, because Kazakhstan is determined to always be close and fulfill the agreements on our strategic partnership, eternal friendship. And this is in the interests of both states," Nazarbayev said.
He noted that he recently met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We consulted, talked, checked the hours, we will work as before," the first president of Kazakhstan said.
Nazarbayev stressed that Kazakhstanis are grateful for the support from Russia. "For all these years of support, we have solved the most difficult issues of borders between our countries, including in the Caspian Sea. And in the following years, we have always felt the shoulder, and we have always been in line with Russia's policy both in the region and in the world, and we will continue like this," the first president of Kazakhstan explained.
