Azerbaijan,
Baku, Nov. 20 / Trend E.
Kosolapova/
Kazakh
President Nursultan Nazarbayev and his Sri Lanka's counterpart Mahinda
Rajapaksa have discussed the issues of trade-economic cooperation in Astana,
the Kazakh presidential press-service reported on Tuesday.
"During
the meeting, the parties have discussed the issues of political cooperation and
the intensification of trade-economic, scientific-technical and
cultural-humanitarian partnership," the press-service reported.
Mahinda
Rajapaksa is on his official visit to Kazakhstan. His visit is timed to the
20th anniversary of establishing the diplomatic relations between the two
countries.
Within
the meeting the Kazakh President expressed confidence that this meeting would
give a new impetus to the cooperation between two countries in the spheres of
economics, politics and culture.
Sri
Lanka's President has expressed hope that specific areas of cooperation between
the two countries would be determined within the visit.
"Official
visit of Sri Lanka's President will create a platform for the open exchange of
the views on a wide range of regional and global issues and the basis for
further cooperation," the press-service said.
