HH The Amir and President of Kazakhstan Hold Official Talks Session

His Highness The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and HE President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held an official session of talks today at the Akorda Presidential Palace in the capital Astana.

At the beginning of the session, HE the President of Kazakhstan welcomed HH The Amir and the accompanying delegation, appreciating His Highness's acceptance of the invitation to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit. His Excellency also expressed his aspiration to enhance cooperation relations between the two friendly countries at various levels and areas of bilateral cooperation.

For his part, HH The Amir expressed his sincere thanks to HE the President for the warm reception and the invitation to participate in the summit, expressing his happiness with the level of cooperation and friendship relations between the two countries, which he looks forward to pushing to broader horizons through the visit, in a way that achieves the interests of the two friendly peoples.

The talks dealt with developing and strengthening cooperation relations, in addition to exchanging views on the most prominent regional and international developments of common interest.

HH The Amir and the Kazakh President also exchanged views on the issues and topics on the SCO summit agenda.

The session was attended by HE Chief of the Amiri Diwan Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani; HE Minister of State for Energy Affairs Eng. Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi; HE Minister of Commerce and Industry Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Qassim Al-Thani; HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi, and a number of Their Excellencies members of the official delegation.

The Kazakh side, it was attended by HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murat Nurtleu; HE Deputy Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Qatar-Kazakhstan Joint Higher Committee, Serik Zhumangarin; HE Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan for external affairs, Erzhan Kazykhan; HE Minister of Finance Erulan Jamaubaev; HE Minister of Energy, Almassadam Satkaliyev, and a number of senior officials.

HH The Amir and HE the Kazakh President held a bilateral meeting during which they discussed ways to enhance cooperation between the two friendly countries and a number of issues of mutual interest.

HH The Amir also attended a dinner banquet hosted by HE President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, at the Presidential Center, in honor of Their Excellencies the Heads of State and Government participating in the SCO Summit.