Kazakh DPM to arrive in Pakistan today on two-day visit

• Visit precedes Kazakh president's November trip to Islamabad.
• Talks to focus on trade, investment, agriculture and connectivity.
• DPM Nurtleu to meet President Zardari, PM Shehbaz, FM Dar.
  

Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu will arrive in Pakistan on Monday (today) for a two-day official visit from September 8–9, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Sunday.

In a statement, FO spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan said: “This important visit serves as a precursor to the forthcoming visit of the President of Kazakhstan to Pakistan, scheduled in November.”

The Kazakh DPM will be accompanied by a high-level 13-member delegation, including the minister of transport.

The joint working groups meetings on agriculture and IT will also be held on the sidelines of the visit.

During his stay, the Kazakh DPM will hold a tete-a-tete with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar followed by delegation-level talks. Nurtleu is also expected to call on President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

“The discussions will provide an opportunity to review preparations for the upcoming Presidential visit and to deliberate comprehensively on the entire spectrum of Pak-Kazakh bilateral cooperation, with particular focus on trade and investment, agriculture, education, cultural and tourism exchanges, regional connectivity and logistics and collaboration at multilateral fora,” it was added.

The spokesperson further said that the visit of Kazakh DPM will further cement the longstanding Pakistan-Kazakhstan ties and contribute to deepening bilateral engagements in diverse fields, for the benefit of the people of the two countries.