Kazakh President arrives in Baku on state visit
Kazakh President Kasym-Jomart Tokayev arrived in Baku on Monday on a state visit.
During the visit he will hold talks with President Ilham Aliyev and attend the first meeting of the Kazakh-Azerbaijani Supreme Interstate Council, the Kazakh Presidential Administration reports.
The parties are expected to discuss the intensification of joint work on carrying out a fibre-optic communication line along the Caspian Sea bed, expanding Kazakhstan's oil supplies via Azerbaijan, developing the Trans-Caspian transport route, as well as implementing promising projects in the field of energy and renewable energy sources.
Also, a special attention is to be drawn to the further strengthening of cultural and humanitarian ties.
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