Astana, September 11. House of Mazhilis. The meeting of the Speaker of the Chamber Nurlan Nigmatulin with Bakir Izetbegovic, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was held today at the Mazhilis.

During the conversation, N.Nigmatulin noted the importance of the visit of the President of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Kazakhstan, which takes place in the year of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, as well as within the First OIC Summit on Science and Technology.

As the Speaker of the Mazhilis noted, from the first days of Independence the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has paid special attention to the development of cooperation with Asian countries, including within the framework of the OIC.

In this regard, special attention is paid to innovations, development of education as a factor of successful future for any country. At the same time, N.Nigmatulin expressed confidence that the OIC Summit on Science and Technologies would provide a new incentive to strengthening of cooperation in this area.

Speaking about the cooperation of Kazakhstan with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bakir Izetbegovic expressed interest in further strengthening of bilateral relations.

According to B. Izetbegovic, Kazakhstan as a country with huge potential is able to give a powerful impulse to the development of the region as a whole.

The parties also called the inter-parliamentary component as one of the promising areas for further cooperation.

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