Astana, September 6. House of Mazhilis. Today the meeting of Nurlan Nigmatulin, the Chairman of the Chamber, with Andrzej Duda, the President of Poland, was held in the Mazhilis.

Speaking about the importance of development of Kazakh-Poland partnership, N.Nigmatlin noted that the official visit of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to Poland in 2016, during which the Declaration of presidents on economic cooperation was adopted, 15 investment projects for the total amount of about 900 mln. USD were signed, provided a significant impulse to the strengthening of bilateral relations.

N. Nigmatulin and A.Duda stated the great potential for interaction in all fields, first of all, in the trade and economic field and in education. They also mentioned the transit opportunities of Kazakhstan and Poland for the increase of the volumes of goods transported to West Europe and Asia, as well as strengthening of cooperation to solve the global security issues.

They pointed out the importance of the International specialized exhibition EXPO-2017 held in Astana.

Special attention was paid to the inter-parliamentary cooperation.

N. Nigmatulin noted that Kazakh parliamentarians will provide legislative support for all agreements achieved by the presidents of Kazakhstan and Poland.

Speaker of the Mazhilis also noted the importance of active collaboration between the parliament friendship groups. By N.Nigmatulin, Kazakh deputies are interested in experience of Polish legislation in the field of transport, urban infrastructure development.

In the end of the meeting, the Chairman of the Mazhilis expressed his confidence that the visit of the President of Poland to Kazakhstan will strengthen cooperation of two countries, including on the inter-parliament level.

(press service of the Mazhilis, 74-68-44, photo made by Zh.Kuspanov)