Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan pledge to boost commodity turnover in forthcoming years

Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan can increase their commodity turnover by several times in the coming two or three years, visiting Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said Monday.

The relevant documents and agreements signed between the two countries promise great benefits for both sides, Nazarbayev was quoted by the Azerbaijan State News Agency as saying during a meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev.

Nazarbayev said he and Aliyev had already started preliminary talks to determine prospects and opportunities for the two countries under the new international situation.

"There are no unresolved issues between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan," he said.

Aliyev also said he discussed many issues with Nazarbayev, adding that their talks proved that the two countries have common positions in many areas.

"We enjoy active political interaction. We have good prospects in economic and transport spheres. We discussed these issues in details and we will continue the talks further with delegations," said the Azerbaijani president.

"Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan do a lot to strengthen regional cooperation through certain transport and energy projects," he added.

Nazarbayev arrived here late Sunday for a state visit to Azerbaijan.

The relations between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have enjoyed rapid development since the two ex-Soviet republics established diplomatic ties in August 1992.

source: Xinhua