Ambassador Ms Shubhdarshini Tripathi met Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan H.E. Mr Murat Nurtleu today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

During the meeting, the parties discussed the state and prospects for the development of the India-Kazakh strategic partnership, and also exchanged views on topical issues of bilateral cooperation. They expressed mutual interest in further building up mutually beneficial trade, economic, investment and technological cooperation between the two countries.

 The increase in trade between the two countries, which reached $2.5 billion in 2022, was noted with satisfaction. It is a third year consecutively when bilateral trade has crossed USD 2 billion mark.

The parties also discussed the participation of the Kazakh delegation in the upcoming meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which will be held on May 4-5 this year in Panaji, Goa.