Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held talks with Acting President of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing

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Welcoming Min Aung Hlaing, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev emphasized that he views his working visit to Astana as an opportunity to establish cooperation between the two countries. He noted that Myanmar is distinguished by its rich culture, unique traditions, and important geostrategic location. Both nations are situated at the crossroads of global transport routes.

The Head of State briefed his counterpart on the main indicators of Kazakhstan's socio-economic development, as well as on the country's strategic objectives aimed at ensuring further sustainable growth.

Given the specific features of the two economies, the parties highlighted the promising potential of cooperation in such priority areas as agriculture, transport and logistics, finance, IT, and digitalization. President Tokayev stressed that Kazakhstan serves as a key Eurasian transit hub, actively participating in the development of the Belt and Road Initiative, the North-South transport corridor, and the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (Middle Corridor).

In this context, the interlocutors underlined the importance of strengthening transport connectivity between the two countries, which would contribute to closer trade and economic ties.

The Head of State also briefed Min Aung Hlaing on Kazakhstan's policy in the sphere of interethnic and interfaith relations. In particular, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke about the implementation of the principle of "unity in diversity," the policy of tolerance, and Astana's initiative to host the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.

For his part, the Acting President of Myanmar expressed gratitude to the President of Kazakhstan for the warm welcome and reaffirmed his readiness to work together on strengthening constructive cooperation in areas of mutual interest.