Kazakhstan, Russia can effectively counteract new economic and financial challenges
Kazakhstan and Russia can effectively counteract the new economic and financial challenges. The President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, stated in the text of the congratulatory telegram on the occasion of Independence Day of Kazakhstan directed to the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, the agency reports with reference to an official site of the president of the Russian Federation kremlin.ru.
Almaty. December 18. Kazakhstan Today - Kazakhstan and Russia can effectively counteract the new economic and financial challenges. The President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, stated in the text of the congratulatory telegram on the occasion of Independence Day of Kazakhstan directed to the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, the agency reports with reference to an official site of the president of the Russian Federation kremlin.ru.
"Close coordination of our efforts has proved its efficiency in the regional structures on the Eurasian space and in many respects contributed to promotion of the integration processes within the CIS, EurAsEC, CSTO, and SCO. I am certain that together we can effectively counteract the new economic and financial challenges, realize the projects directed at maintenance of stability and improvement of quality of life of our citizens," the text of the telegram on kremlin.ru. states.
"Over the last years Kazakhstan has achieved significant successes in economy and social spheres: stability, concord in the society and active foreign policy became a reliable basis for strengthening of the international authority of the state," D. Medvedev said.
"Russia and Kazakhstan intend to further increase dynamics of political dialogue at all levels, to assist development of trade and economic and innovative cooperation, and to strengthen humanitarian and inter-regional cooperation."
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