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Kazakhstan|politics|March 17, 2017 / 11:44 AM
Kazakh Ambassador to Russia presents credentials to Putin

AKIPRESS.COM - President of Russia Vladimir Putin received letters of credence from 18 foreign ambassadors, including from Ambassador of Kazakhstan Imangali Tasmagambetov, according to Kremlin.

The ceremony, which symbolises the official start of the ambassadors’ missions in Russia, took place in the Alexander Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on March 16.

"Russia does not divide its partners into big and small. Every country has its own value in our eyes, and with every country we are ready to pursue an equal dialogue and build cooperation on a constructive basis of mutual respect," said Putin in his remarks.

Addressing to Imangali Tasmagambetov, Putin said Kazakhstan is a reliable friend and strategic ally of Russia.

"My recent talks with President Nursultan Nazarbayev reaffirmed our mutual desire to develop our cooperation in different areas on the basis of our Agreement on Good-Neighbourliness and Alliance in the 21st Century. We work together actively within the CIS, the Eurasian Economic Union, CSTO, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. We highly value President Nazarbayev’s leading role in the integration process underway in the post-Soviet area. In June, Russia will take part in the EXPO 2017 International Exhibition, and we look forward to hosting our Kazakhstani partners in Chelyabinsk in autumn for the traditional annual Interregional Cooperation Forum. We value greatly Kazakhstan’s contribution to organising and hosting the negotiations on Syria in Astana," Putin said.

Tasmagambetov was appointed Ambassador to Russia in February 2017. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from September 2016 to February 2017. He served as Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan from October 2014 to September 2016 and was the mayor of Astana from April 2008 to October 2014.

From December 2004 to April 2008 he was the mayor of Almaty. Before that, from 28 January 2002 to 11 June 2003, he was the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.

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