Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 1
By Elena Kosolapova – Trend:
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev held a phone conversation with US president-elect Donald Trump, the Kazakh presidential press-service said.
Nazarbayev congratulated Trump on his victory in the presidential election and wished him success.
In turn, the next US president congratulated Nazarbayev on the 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s Independence. He noted that Kazakhstan achieved fantastic success over the years of Independence under the leadership of Nazarbayev.
The parties exchanged views on the issues of strengthening stability and security in the world and in Central Asia in particular.
The sides expressed readiness to raise friendly Kazakhstan-US relations to a new level, including cooperation in trade and economic spheres. Trump expressed interest for organizing a meeting between the two leaders in the near future.
Trump also informed Kazakh president that he had held a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin and expressed its optimism about the prospects of development of cooperation between Washington and Moscow.
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