Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with re-elected Kazakh leader Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Monday, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
"On Monday, Kazakh President Tokayev will be in Russia on an official visit, his first foreign trip following his re-election as head of state," Peskov said, adding that the two presidents "will communicate and hold talks."
According to Peskov, "the two presidents will also address the Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum set to take place in Orenburg later that day." Putin and Tokayev will communicate via video conference from Moscow, he specified.
The Russian presidential spokesman also announced that the protocol meeting between the two leaders would be followed by a working breakfast and that documents would be signed after the talks. He described the coming visit as "very-very important for us and for bilateral relations."
At the talks, Putin and Tokayev plan to discuss "fostering relations between Russia and Kazakhstan as strategic partners and allies as well as prospects for interaction as part of integration associations in the Eurasian space," the Kremlin press service said. Also, the two countries will sign a declaration to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Moscow and Astana as well as other bilateral documents.
