Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will...
in Afghanistan on the Central Asian region, are also included in the agenda of the talks.The spokesman said "Russian-Kazakh relations are developing dynamically in all directions."
Kazakhstan is Russia"s third main trade partner after Ukraine and Belarus, with the trade turnover between the two states estimated at $13 bln in 2009.
In June 2009, the heads of governments of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus notified the WTO of their intention to join the world trade club as a customs union. In October 2009, the three ex-Soviet republics announced they would hold talks on WTO accession separately, but on synchronized positions.
Russia and Kazakhstan actively cooperate in the space, nuclear, transport, innovation, energy and military spheres.
MOSCOW, February 21 (RIA Novosti)
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