EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy to visit Kazakhstan
Astana. October 8. Kazakhstan Today - The High Representative of the European Union for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana will arrive in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, October 10, the agency reports referring to the press service of the Secretary General, the EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy.
According to the press service, on Wednesday, October 10, J. Solana will meet the President Nursultan Nazarbayev and the Prime Minister Karim Masimov. The EU High Representative will have official dinner with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Marat Tazhin.
J. Solana's visit will take place within the limits of realization of the EU new Strategy for Central Asia and will give an opportunity to discuss the questions of bilateral cooperation with the European Union. "Development of the situation in each of three states of Central Asia that J. Solana will visit, and the regional issues and the questions of mutual relations of EU and Central Asia will be the main issues to be discussed at the high level," the message widespread by the press service on Monday states. The issues of political and energy security, the questions of economy and cooperation will be considered during the visit.
As it was informed earlier, on Tuesday, October 9, J. Solana will visit Turkmenistan where he will meet the President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov, the Minister for Foreign Affairs Rashit Meredov and the Minister of Energy Gurbannur Annaveliyev.
The same day the EU High Representative during his visit to Kyrgyzstan will meet the President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and will have an official dinner with the Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev.
During the visit to Central Asia J. Solana will meet members of business community.
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