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Presidents of Kazakhstan, Russia held meeting in Ust Kamenogorsk

The meeting of Presidents of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and Russia Dmitry Medvedev took place in Ust Kamenogorsk, the agency reports citing the president's press service.

Astana. September 7. Kazakhstan Today - The meeting of Presidents of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and Russia Dmitry Medvedev took place in Ust Kamenogorsk, the agency reports citing the president's press service.

"President of the Russian Federation D. Medvedev arrived in Ust Kamenogorsk to participate in VII Forum of Inter-Regional Cooperation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation - 'Sustainable Development and High Technologies'." The leaders of states met to discuss the agenda of the forum," the president's press service informed.

Presidents of Kazakhstan and Russia will discuss in Ust Kamenogorsk inter-regional cooperation and trade and economic interaction. On Tuesday, September 7, Presidents will take part in VII Forum of Inter-Regional Cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia.

The forthcoming meeting of the leaders of two countries will be the eighth this year. "It demonstrates that Russia and Kazakhstan value further strengthening and development of mutually beneficial cooperation in political, trade and economic, educational-cultural, and other areas," Assistant of the President of the Russian Federation Sergey Prihodko said.

N. Nazarbayev and D. Medvedev will discuss inter-regional cooperation, trade and economic interaction, the participatory action plan of Kazakhstan and Russia for 2009 - 2010, cooperation in the space area, energy, nuclear sphere, military-technical cooperation, interaction in CSTО and SCO, the questions of bilateral and international agenda, including performance of president's functions by Russia in the CIS and Kazakhstan's obligations - in the OSCE.

According to S. Prihodko, participants of VII Forum of Inter-Regional Cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia will traditionally discuss the questions of regional trade, cooperation in fuel and energy complex, transport, agriculture, education, cultural-humanitarian communications.

The theme of this year's forum - cooperation in the sphere of sustainable development and high technologies.


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