Kazakhstan

ASTANA - Serbia attaches great significance to its relations with Kazakhstan, especially the economic ones, Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic said Tuesday, opening a Kazakhstan-Serbia business forum.

The friendship between the two nations and the relations between the two countries must be accompanied by more intensive cooperation in all areas, in particular in the economy, Vucic said.

ASTANA - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic on Monday arrived in Kazakhstan's capital Astana, where he will be heading a Serbian state and business delegation until Wednesday.

Vucic was welcomed at the Astana airport by Minister of National Economy Kuandik Bishimbayev.

Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Tuesday received Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, who is on a two-day visit to Kazakhstan.

The meeting in Astana, which lasted longer than scheduled, addressed many topics that can lead to further improvement of cooperation between the two countries.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has met in Astana with Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakhytzhan Sagintayev.

The two officials said their countries wish to develop and deepen their relations.

Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic on Monday arrived in Kazakhstan's capital Astana, where he will be heading a Serbian state and business delegation until Wednesday.

Vucic was welcomed at the Astana airport by Minister of National Economy Kuandik Bishimbayev.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday received Ambassador of Kazakhstan Nurbach Rustemov, who handed to him invitations from Kazakhstan's president and PM to visit the country.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday received Ambassador of Kazakhstan Nurbach Rustemov.

The diplomat "handed to him invitations from Kazakhstan's president and PM to visit the country," Tanjug is reporting.

Kazakhstan's lower house of parliament voted on March 25 to keep in place the government of Prime Minister Karim Masimov after a parliamentary election in which the ruling Nur Otan party retained its overwhelming majority. 

Kazakhstan will reconsider Serbia's request for export of 5,000 domestically-made cars to the customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

Serbian Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic said this after a meeting with the country's Prime Minister Karim Massimov.

It is time to affirm the friendship between Serbia and Kazakhstan with developed economic relations, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said on Friday.

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's upcoming visit to Serbia, scheduled for mid-year, will be an ideal opportunity to forge more specific cooperation in joint industry projects, Nikolic said.