President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan, Tengrinews.kz reports with reference to Akorda.

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev noted that mutual visits of the presidents, held last year, gave a serious impetus to the comprehensive development of Kazakh-Armenian relations.

"Your first official visit to Astana is important from the point of view of advancing our partnership. We have great sympathy for the Armenian people, for your state," the President emphasized.

The head of state noted that Kazakhstan welcomes the completion of negotiations on the text of the draft agreement on peace and establishment of interstate relations between Yerevan and Baku. In his opinion, this remarkable event will become a harbinger of the establishment of lasting peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan and will contribute to the consolidation of security and active development of cooperation between the region and Kazakhstan and all Central Asian countries.

In turn, the Armenian diplomat expressed gratitude for the warm reception.

“We largely share your vision of strategic partnership between our countries,” Ararat Mirzoyan said.

He informed that the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and other departments of Armenia and Kazakhstan are working on the implementation of the agreements reached during Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's official visit to Yerevan last year
During the meeting the prospects for the development of bilateral relations in trade-economic, investment, transportation and logistics, cultural and humanitarian spheres were discussed. The President of Kazakhstan stated the readiness of the domestic business to increase the supply of goods to Armenia by 350 million dollars.