Tuesday, November 20 2018 17:09

ArmInfo. An annual informal  meeting of the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Armenia Timur Urazaev with  the chief editors of the leading Armenian media took place in  Yerevan.

Issues related to the Eurasian integration and challenges facing the  partners, as well as the participation of Armenian media in covering  international events in Kazakhstan, were discussed at the meeting.   At the beginning of the meeting, Urazaev presented the details of  Kazakhstan's chairmanship in the UN Security Council, priorities and  objectives, spoke about the elements of the country's international  activities, focused on the Central Asian agenda of the republic, the  ongoing joint efforts on the Afghan track, as well as efforts to  combat terrorism.

At the same time, the diplomat stressed that Kazakhstan attaches  great importance to other tools, which allow strengthening  cooperation. In this context, Urazaev stressed the need to strengthen  cooperation between Armenia and Kazakhstan, not only within the  framework of the Eurasian Economic Union, but also within other  international structures, including the OSCE PA, the OSCE Assembly,  the UN. "It is necessary to take steps to step up trade and economic  cooperation, which is at a fairly low level.

However, I believe that  until regional logistics issues are resolved, it will not be possible  to fully use the existing potential in our relations", said the  diplomat, adding that Kazakhstan is positioning itself as a transit  state, and opens up maximum competitive opportunities for interaction  both within the EAEU and outside the organization.

During the meeting, participants discussed topical issues of the  Armenian-Kazakhstan bilateral agenda, as well as problems and tasks  within the framework of integration projects, in which two states are  participants. New promising areas for interaction were proposed,  problematic issues were identified in bilateral and multilateral  formats that need to be eliminated, and the results of the past year  were summed up.