President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K. Tokayev participated in the interview,"The history of cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia is rich and the future is bright" "Adyrna" portal wrote.
During the interview, the president assessed the political situation and looked at the past and the future from the point of view of cooperation and partnership.
"The agenda of our upcoming meeting with the President of Russia in Astana will traditionally be on a very wide-ranging topic. We plan to comprehensively discuss the issues of bilateral political, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian cooperation. Let's consider the aspects of interaction within the framework of international organizations and integration structures. Kazakhstan- "The important features of the Russian dialogue are constructiveness and orientation towards a mutually acceptable result. We always try to take into account the position of our Russian colleagues, and they try to take into account our opinion," Tokayev told a Russian journalist.
"In our opinion, in the current complex geopolitical and geoeconomic situation, priority should be given to strengthening the unshakable foundation of the "Shanghai spirit", which relies on trust, mutually beneficial interests, equality, respects the diversity of cultures, and strives for development at the same time.
At the same time, the chairmanship of the SCO is a great honor and a great responsibility for Kazakhstan. As the chairman of the SCO, we set the main goal of raising the cooperation in the organization to an even higher level, further increasing the efficiency of its work.
In this regard, ensuring regional security and stability, enriching the trade-investment and cultural-humanitarian content of multilateral cooperation were announced as priorities of the Kazakhstan presidency.
The positions of our countries on many topical issues and perspectives of the further development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization coincide. This is an important indicator of the effectiveness of bilateral partnership," the president said in an interview.
