Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Kazakhstan discuss Silk Road development

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has discussed with his Kazakh counterpart Erlan Idrissov prospects for development of transport connection between the two countries, the Ukrainian foreign ministry’s press service reports.

“The ministers stressed that one of the top priority tasks for the further development of the Ukrainian-Kazakh cooperation is an increase in transport capacity, in particular via the use of the Trans-Caspian Transport Route,” reads a report.

The sides also paid special attention to the issue of trade and economic cooperation development as one of the priority directions of bilateral relations.

In addition, Klimkin and Idrissov discussed the issue of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

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