Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev began a two-day state visit to Moscow on Nov. 11, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to a statement from the Kremlin, “the talks will address key issues concerning the development of Russian-Kazakh relations, strategic partnership and alliance in the political, trade and economic and cultural and humanitarian spheres, as well as major issues on the regional and global agenda.”
On the eve of his Nov. 11-12 visit, Tokayev penned an article in Rossiyskaya Gazeta titled “Eternal Friendship Is a Guiding Star for Our Peoples,” in which he wrote: “Our combined efforts ensure continuous transit of Russian energy to China and Central Asian states. We are building and upgrading major energy facilities. The construction of Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant by an international consortium led by Rosatom will definitely be a core project in this area.”
