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The session of CICA Senior Officials Committee will be held in Istanbul (Turkey). The official representative of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Askar Abdrahmanov, informed at a briefing, the agency reports.

The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan fixed the foreign currency exchange rates to the tenge for June 1:

Oil from the damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico will, probably, be spilling until August. The main adviser of the American President for Energy, Carol Browner, reports referring to information resource Vesti.

Kazakhstan's share of total amount of Customs Union duties has increased. First Vice Premier of Kazakhstan, Umirzak Shukeev, informed at a briefing, following the results of the session of the Customs Union supreme body at the prime ministers' level, the agency reports citing official mass media.

Kazakhstan introduced temporary interdiction for export of gasoline and some kinds of fuel, the press service of the Ministry of Oil and Gas of Kazakhstan informed the agency.

Kazakhstan and Finland ratified the agreement on double taxation avoidance, the agency reports citing the president's press service.

Other countries may join the Customs Union on the earlier signed conditions. The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, said at the press conference after the Customs Union's supreme body session taken place in St. Petersburg, the agency reports citing official mass media.

The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, during the expanded government meeting assigned the Minister of Health, Zhaksylyk Doskaliev, to complete the state development program of public health services for 2011 - 2015 until July and to submit it for the government's consideration in July, the agency reports.

The Kazakhstan government has decided to simplify the procedure of the issue of visas to the Iranian businessmen and tourists and plans to open direct flights between Iran and Kazakhstan, the agency reports citing the Iranian news agency Farce.

The CIS countries are considering the possibility of creation of the uniform energy market. The Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, Sergey Shmatko, informed at the session of the CIS Electropower Council in Uglich on Friday, the agency reports citing RIA RosBusinessConsulting.

Kazakhstan has reduced volume of automobile import down to 68.7 % - to 7507 items in January - March, 2010 in comparison with the similar period of the last year, the Statistics Agency of Kazakhstan informed.

The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, met the Minister of Defense of China, Lyan Guanle, on May 29 and discussed the questions of bilateral cooperation, the agency reports citing the president's press service.

The national interests of Kazakhstan in the Customs Union are protected. The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, said at a briefing, following the results of session of the supreme body of the Customs Union on Friday, the agency reports citing official mass media.

Kazakhstan and Russia will join WTO on the coordinated basis. The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, informed at the joint press conference with his Kazakhstan counterpart, Karim Masimov, the agency reports citing ITAR-TASS.

Russia and Kazakhstan will launch Customs Union on a bilateral basis from July 1. The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, informed after the session of the Customs Union's supreme body of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan on Friday, the agency reports citing ITAR-TASS.