BISHKEK, April 9 (Xinhua) -- President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov received on Tuesday visiting Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov, the press service of the Kyrgyz president reported.
During the meeting, an exchange of views took place on the further expansion and deepening of cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in political, trade, economic, water, energy and other areas that are of mutual interest.
Japarov, noting Kyrgyzstan's commitment to expanding and strengthening cooperation with Kazakhstan, emphasized that for Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan is not only a fraternal state, but also one of the main trading partners.
Both sides mutually emphasized the progressive growth of trade turnover between the states in recent years and expressed interest in the further desire to increase mutual trade to 2 billion US dollars through joint investment and industrial projects.
Bektenov conveyed warm words of greeting from President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and expressed gratitude for the fraternal assistance in connection with the flood in the regions of Kazakhstan.
In conclusion, the president of Kyrgyzstan expressed confidence that the results of the visit and the joint work of the governments will contribute to the further development of bilateral relations between the countries. ■