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Russia and Kazakhstan Ink Strategic Alliance Deal Covering Energy and Security
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev have signed a declaration on strategic partnership and alliance, strengthening cooperation between Moscow and Astana across energy, security, and trade.
According to RIA Novosti on November 12, the document includes Russia’s pledge to “fulfill its commitments” to build Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant. It also calls for promoting the Russian language “as a means of interstate communication within the CIS.”
The declaration signed by Putin states that “security cannot be ensured at the expense of others,” and emphasizes both countries’ support for “the establishment of a just, multipolar world order.”
Russia and Kazakhstan also voiced their intention to develop “an architecture of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia” and to liberalize trade relations. The agreement outlines plans to enable the free transportation of energy resources and advance joint energy projects.
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Moscow and Astana further committed to improving conditions for citizens residing in each other’s countries and coordinating efforts to protect the water resources of the Caspian Sea amid growing concerns over its depletion.
The President of Kazakhstan, in turn, stated that the Declaration on Strategic Partnership demonstrates a strong level of mutual trust and paves the way for further cooperation. He added that, despite the challenging international climate, relations between the two countries continue to progress.
“We in Kazakhstan know and respect the President of Russia as a statesman of global stature, whose name is well known throughout the world and is seen as a symbol of faith and determination in defending the interests of the Russian people and the Russian state in this turbulent world,” he said.
Earlier, it was reported that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is believed to use at least three nearly identical offices in different parts of the country, a tactic aimed at concealing his actual whereabouts—particularly since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
