Nazarbayev to visit Minsk in autumn

The visit of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev to Belarus is planned for the autumn of this year.

Head of the Belarus President Administration Natalia Kochanova said during a meeting with the Kazakh State Secretary Gulshara Abdykalikova that the visit of the Kazakh President to Minsk will be held on November 9. 

She also noted that Belarus stands for "further deepening of ties with Kazakhstan both on a bilateral basis and in an integration format," Sputnik-Kazakhstan reports.

Abdykalikova noted a significant increase in trade between the two countries: it amounted to $160.4 million in January-April 2017, an increase of 76% over the same period.