The embassy of Kazakhstan in Moscow reported that the program of the minister's visit to Moscow includes his meetings with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov and also with high-ranking officials of the Russian government and the Russian military-industrial complex.
The main theme at the negotiations will be the strengthening of military cooperation, the embassy spokesman said. The sides will discuss in particular the deliveries of armaments and military equipment to Kazakhstan at the prices used in Russia for its own Armed Forces, as well as the questions of training Kazakh military personnel in Russia.
Kazakhstan, alongside with Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, is a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization whose Charter provides for selling Russian arms to the member-countries of the Organization at Russian internal prices.
On Saturday morning, Mukhtar Altynbayev will fly to Kazakhstan.
