The first meeting of the Kazakh-Tunisian political consultations was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tunisian Republic under the chairmanship of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Alibek Bakayev and his colleague Mohamed ben Ayed, DKnews.kz reports.
During the political consultations, the parties highly appreciated the positive dynamics and successful development of Kazakh-Tunisian relations based on the principles of friendship and mutually beneficial partnership, widely discussed issues of expanding political dialogue and strengthening trade and economic cooperation.
Particular attention was paid to food security and bilateral food trade, issues of mutual investment incentives, establishing direct contacts between business groups of the countries in the fields of transport and logistics, agriculture, mineral resources and IT.
The parties confirmed their intention to continue the experience of exchanging visits, as well as to expand the legal framework between the two countries.
An exchange of views took place on mutually beneficial partnership on current issues of the regional and international agenda, as well as within the framework of the UN, OIC, IOFS, AU, the League of Arab States and other multilateral structures.
In order to strengthen political cooperation between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the two countries, a Memorandum of Understanding on political consultations was signed.
Following the meeting, the parties agreed to continue close dialogue between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and emphasized the need for regular bilateral consultations.
