Nazarbayev Hosts Poroshenko, Then Putin
+16° / +9°C WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015 No 20 (86) www.astanatimes.com Nazarbayev Hosts Poroshenko, Then Putin; EAEU Leaders Situation in Ukraine Features on Both Agendas Discuss Economic Policy, Agree to Open Free Trade Talks with Israel the economic development of the By Aiman Turebekova EAEU in the near future. Particu- larly, President Lukashenko an- BURABAI – The leaders of nounced that 16 issues were on the Eurasian Economic Union the agenda and all of them were (EAEU) met Oct. 16 at a hotel in the Kazakh resort area to discuss accepted at the meeting. pressing issues facing the fledgling Participants signed two docu- organisation. ments: “The main directions of the Kazakh President Nursultan international activity of the EAEU Nazarbayev hosted his colleagues for 2015-2016” and “Approaches Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia, Al- to the development of trade and exander Lukashenko of Belarus, economic cooperation with key Almazbek Atambayev of Kyr- partners of the EAEU in the me- gyzstan and Vladimir Putin of dium term.” Russia for discussions on further Moreover, the leaders of the integration within the union, in- EAEU adopted a package of docu- ternational issues and the strength- ments regarding Kazakhstan’s ac- Kazakh, Ukrainian Presidents Discuss Putin’s State Visit Reconfirms ening of cooperation with other cession to the World Trade Organi- countries. sation (WTO) and its relation to Trade, Int’l Issues in Astana Kazakh-Russian Strategic Partnership Following the meeting, the par- the EAEU. ties signed documents defining Continued on Page A3 By Malika Orazgalieva implementing the Minsk agree- By Malika Rustem The Kazakh President also men- ments.
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