The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and the President of Iran discussed issues of bilateral cooperation

Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov and President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ibrahim Raisi met in Tehran, the press service of the government reported. During the meeting, Alikhan Smailov conveyed the greetings of the Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and noted that the issue of the development of Kazakh-Iranian relations continues to occupy a special place on the agenda of our country. Currently, the Governments of the two countries are actively working on the practical implementation of the tasks set at the highest level. I am sure that this year will be marked by new high results of our cooperation both in bilateral and multilateral formats," the Prime Minister said. In particular, the first meeting of the Kazakh-Iranian working group on agriculture is planned in Tehran this year, which will give an additional impetus to the development of cooperation between the two countries in the field of agriculture. In addition, in order to strengthen work in the trade direction, it was decided to appoint a special trade representative of Kazakhstan in Iran. The sides discussed topical issues of the development of trade, economic, investment and cross-border cooperation, as well as the implementation of joint initiatives in the cultural and humanitarian direction. Recall that the Prime Minister arrived yesterday on an official visit to Iran. It should be noted that the Third trade and economic mission of Kazakhstan to Iran is taking place from April 24 to 26, in which 20 domestic producers of food, chemical, construction, light industry and metallurgy goods take part.