ASTANA (Sputnik) — The upper house of the Kazakh parliament has ratified an agreement on extending its partnership with EU member states, Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov said Thursday.
"The most important [section] in the new treaty is the trade section, which provides additional guarantees of stability to our European partners and increases Kazakhstan's investment attractiveness," Idrissov was quoted as saying by the Novosti Kazakhstan news agency.
The partnership deal was signed on December 21, 2015 between Idrissov and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. The agreement covers 29 spheres of cooperation, including issues of international and regional security, trade, investment and infrastructure development, as well as innovation, education, sport and tourism.
