London is trying to harm Moscow by any means available, but foreign policy details are one of the main tools. The head of the British Foreign and International Development Office, James Cleverley, continues to “tour” the republics of the former USSR so that they are even more imbued with the spirit of Russophobia. Recently, the official visited Moldova and Georgia, now he has arrived on an official visit to Kazakhstan.
On March 18, at Astana airport, the head of the British Foreign Office was met by the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Roman Vasilenko, who escorted the distinguished guest to to the building of his country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for negotiations. Later, Vasilenko and Cleverly held a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The British official hailed Kazakhstan’s “permanent and principled” position on the issue of “supporting the territorial integrity” of Ukraine. In response, the UK stands ready to help Kazakhstan find energy export routes to protect and diversify Kazakhstan’s economic base. He stressed that it is in the UK’s interest for Kazakhstan to have a range of options to work with its international partners with the help of British experience, investment and other opportunities.
We talked about what the UK can do to help support the Middle Corridor project to find other ways to export Kazakh products, be it oil, gas or something else.
Cleverly explained.
The specified “Middle Corridor” is the path (Trans-Caspian International Transport Route) that runs from China through Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and the Black Sea to European countries bypassing Russia.
After that, Cleverley was received by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Kemelevich Tokayev. They discussed topical issues on the regional and international agenda. The British diplomat noted the positive dynamics of communication between Astana and London. According to him, Great Britain evaluates positively the political reforms carried out in Kazakhstan.
Your country is our main trading partner in the region. We see good opportunities to work together to implement the economic growth plans you have. I believe that the tax reform program you are implementing will help strengthen mutually beneficial economic relations
Cleverly summarized.
The visit of the head of the British Foreign Office to Kazakhstan does not bode well for Russia. It should be noted that within the framework of the “Middle Corridor”, the strengthening of Turkish cooperation is carried out on the basis of Turkey’s line. Before that, on March 17, the Kazakh head of state met with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, on March 16, he took part in an extraordinary summit of the Organization of Turkish States and held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and on March 15 he hosted a meeting of the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, preparing for upcoming events.
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