President of Kazakhstan to trip to Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed  implementation of agreements reached in the Moscow negotiations in July, 2009 and preparations for Nazarbayev's upcoming visit to Baku over telephone, the official Web site of the Kazakh president reported.

The presidents discussed the current state and prospects of bilateral relations, particularly, issues of economic cooperation in terms of energy and transport of hydrocarbons. The presidents also discussed development of multilateral cooperation in the Caspian region.

Both leaders reached an agreement to continue bilateral high-level contacts also as part of official visits and informal summits.

According to initial data, Nazarbayev will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan on Oct.1, the Azerbaijani embassy in Kazakhstan said.

"The visit will take place as part of the next summit of Turkic-speaking countries scheduled in Baku for Sep. 30 -Oct.1. We have invited Kazakhstan, but have not yet received confirmation," the same source said.

/Trend News/