President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held a meeting with UK Secretary of State James Cleverly

Welcoming the UK top diplomat, the Head of State noted that his visit is significant in terms of further development of cooperation between both countries. Moreover, the visit is an important event at the regional scale.

“Your visit will give a very strong impetus to further enhance mutual cooperation between Kazakhstan and the UK. I took note of your recent speech at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office that outlined the long-term vision for British foreign policy. Indeed, it is a very important speech,” the Head of State said.

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev noted the growing positive dynamics of bilateral relations.

“I would like to assess our mutual cooperation as very successful, particularly in the economic sphere and the political domain. We need to make additional efforts to push forward this very positive direction in our mutual cooperation”, the President said.

During the conversation, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev conveyed his best regards to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. He also invited the British leader to visit our country at any time convenient for him, which would be a good opportunity to discuss several issues of strengthening bilateral ties.

In turn, James Cleverly noted the positive dynamics of relations between Astana and London. He said the United Kingdom positively assesses the ongoing political reforms in Kazakhstan.

“Your country is the UK’s primary trading partner in the region. We are finding good opportunities to work together on the economic growth plans that you have. And the regulatory and tax reform agenda that you have put in place is one that I think will help boost our economic relationship,” James Cleverly said.

During the talks, the parties also exchanged views on topical issues of the regional and international agenda.