Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during Putin’s official visit to Kazakhstan on

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during Putin’s official visit to Kazakhstan on Nov. 9th. Tokayev congratulated Putin on the tenth anniversary of the signing of the bilateral Treaty on Good Neighborly and Alliance Relations. Tokayev stated that 143 joint Russian 🇷🇺-Kazakh 🇰🇿 projects in the field of industrial cooperation worth $33 billon are now being carried out. Bilateral trade turnover gained over 10% last year. The use of national currencies has expanded significantly in countertrade - 75% of mutual payments are already made in rubles and tenge. Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 in cooperation with Russia 🇷🇺, Iran 🇮🇷 and Turkmenistan 🇹🇲 has developed a roadmap for the North-South international transport corridor. Both parties discussed cooperation in the energy sector, with further development of the project on supplies of Russian gas in southern directions, as well as an increase in volumes of transit of Russian oil to China 🇨🇳 via Kazakhstan. A new bilateral agreement on strategic cooperation in the gas sphere was signed last week. Moscow and Astana are cooperating on large-scale initiatives to make and supply high-quality agricultural machinery . Also, Russia is a key supplier to Kazakhstan of food product groups as wheat - 98% of imports, barley - the same amount, poultry meat - 80-90%, sugar - up to 70%, fermented milk products - 60-70%. Bilateral trade turnover of agricultural products and food in 2022 rose by 22% to $4 billion and then added another 3% in the first seven months of 2023. Russia is ready for creation of additional facilities in Kazakhstan for assembly of Lada cars and to develop cooperation with Kazakhstan in coal supplies. Both countries will support multilateral mechanisms in the field of nuclear non-proliferation. Rosatom is going to invest in uranium mining in Kazakhstan. Video source: ShanghaiEye Источник: The Paradigm Shift Channel ⏳