Kazakh, Russian Leaders Discuss Upcoming Supreme Eurasian Economic Council Meeting- Astana

Kazakh, Russian Leaders Discuss Upcoming Supreme Eurasian Economic Council Meeting- Astana

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the schedule of their upcoming meetings, including preparations for the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in St. Petersburg on December 6, during phone talks on Friday, the Kazakh presidential press service said in a statement

ASTANA (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 16th November, 2018) Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the schedule of their upcoming meetings, including preparations for the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in St. Petersburg on December 6, during phone talks on Friday, the Kazakh presidential press service said in a statement.

According to the statement, the two politicians discussed urgent issues of bilateral cooperation as well as regional and international agenda.

"The leaders also discussed the schedule of the upcoming meetings, including preparations for the upcoming meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in St. Petersburg," the statement said.

According to the Kazakh presidential press service, the conversation was held at the initiative of the Russian side.

The Russian presidential press service said that Putin had informed the Kazakh counterpart about his contacts at the 13th East Asia Summit in Singapore.

"Some urgent issues of cooperation within the integration organizations in the Eurasian region have also been discussed," the Kremlin press service noted.

Russia and Kazakhstan are members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), an organization that encourages regional economic integration through the free movement of goods, services, and people within the union, as well as of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) military alliance.