President of Kazakhstan and Prime Minister of Belgium have discussed the further development of cooperation between the two countries and its strengthening

/IRBIS, October 26, 2010/ - President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev took part in the official welcoming ceremony with Prime Minister of Belgium Mr. Yves Leterme, informed on Oct. 25 presidential press service of Kazakhstan. As indicated, during the opening ceremony of the memorial to the victims of nuclear testing, environmental and technological disasters. The monument is a gift from Kazakhstan, Kingdom of Belgium. After the ceremony, President Nazarbayev and Mr. I. Leterme held a bilateral meeting. The sides discussed issues of further development and strengthening cooperation between the two countries. During the meeting, agreements were signed on cooperation between the Accounts Committee for Control over Execution of the Republican Budget of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Court of Audit of Belgium, the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Administration of Customs and Excise of the Federal Financial Officer of Belgium on the exchange of statistical data on international trade and Memorandum of Understanding between the National Nuclear Centre of Kazakhstan national atomic company Kazatomprom and the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN). "Kazakhstan is considering Belgium, as an important political and economic partner in the European Union. To further develop and strengthen bilateral economic and trade ties reached an agreement on the establishment of Kazakh-Belgian Business Council. We also discussed the possibility of more active participation of the Belgian business projects for accelerated industrial innovative development of Kazakhstan's economy. Of particular importance is the development of cooperation between the capitals of Kazakhstan and Belgium. During the visit, between Astana and Brussels established partnerships. I believe that our agreement will give new impetus to cooperation in such important sectors as energy, transportation, engineering, health and education, as well as high technology ", - said Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev, whose words are reported. "At the invitation of President Nursultan Nazarbayev has been decided to establish a Kazakh-Belgian Business Council. In addition, Belgium supports the plans to establish a new agreement on advanced partnership between the EU and Kazakhstan. We also appreciate the role of Kazakhstan as the OSCE chairman. We believe that the OSCE Summit in Astana would strengthen the Organization's activities to fill all three "baskets." We hope to continue deepening relations between Kazakhstan and Belgium, especially in trade and economic cooperation ", - said, in turn, Mr. I. Leterme. [2010-10-26]