YEREVAN. – Armenian President Armen Sarkissian, who is on a working visit to Kazakhstan, on Friday met with chair Nurlan Nigmatulin of the Kazakh Mazhilis (lower house of parliament), the presidential press service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Noting that the year 2021 is significant for Armenia and Kazakhstan in the sense that the 30th anniversary of the independence of the two countries is marked this year, the speaker of the Mazhilis stressed the importance of expanding effective cooperation for the benefit of both countries and peoples.

According to him, the implementation of the agreements reached during Armenian President Armen Sarkissian’s meetings Thursday with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and First President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan will contribute to the strengthening of Armenian-Kazakh cooperation and political dialogue. He assured that the Kazakh parliamentarians also will play their role in this.

The chair of the Mazhilis of Kazakhstan attached importance to close cooperation of the Armenian and Kazakh MPs within the framework of the EEU, CIS, CSTO, and several other organizations.

Emphasizing that Kazakhstan is a very close partner for Armenia within the CSTO and the EEU and is actively engaged in all issues, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian noted that although Armenia and Kazakhstan are geographically very far from each other, the two countries have a lot in common and great potential for joint projects.

The President of Armenia and the speaker of the Mazhilis of Kazakhstan discussed also the agenda of relations.

Noting that snap parliamentary elections will be held in Armenia on June 20, President Sarkissian expressed confidence that the new parliament and government of the country will also contribute to the development of relations with Kazakhstan.