Dariga Nazarbayeva, Valentina Matvienko met in St.Petersburg

Speaker of the Senate of the Kazakh Parliament Dariga Nazarbayeva met with Chairperson of the Federation Council of the Russian Federal Assembly Valentina Matvienko, Kazinform correspondent reports.

During the meeting, Dariga Nazarbayeva noted strategic character of the Kazakh-Russian partnership and the two countries' role in development of economic integration on Eurasian space.

"We highly appreciate your activity as the Chairperson of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly. Thanks to you, the CIS IPA became one of the flagships of integration processes in Eurasia. The organizational structures of the Assembly are strengthening and its international authority keeps growing," said Dariga Nazarbayeva.

The Senate Speaker pointed out also the necessity of joint work to more effectively regulate the issues of use of water and trans-boundary rivers and the ecological situation around military polygons. In this regard, Dariga Nazarbayeva proposed to develop a model law on ecology.