Kazakhstan and UK sign strategic partnership agreement

The authorities of Kazakhstan and the UK have signed an agreement on strategic partnership and co-operation.

Kazakhstan and UK sign strategic partnership agreement

This was announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu after a meeting with the head of the British Foreign Office David Cameron.

“Today we signed an agreement on strategic partnership and co-operation,” TASS quoted him as saying.

He expressed hope that the agreement “will give a meaningful impetus to strengthening political, trade and investment ties between Astana and London.”

Earlier, Germany and Britain agreed to increase their presence in the Baltics and hold military exercises in the region.