Vice Prez Hamid Ansari arrives in Kazakhstan
Astana (Kazakhstan), Apr 7: Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari arrived in Kazakhstan's Capital Astana on Sunday evening. During his visit, Ansari will hold talks with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev, and will also meet Senate Chairman K Tokayev and address the Senate.
Here,
Ansari
will
also
be
conferred
an
honorary
doctorate
degree.
Security
situation
in
Afghanistan
along
with
cooperation
in
hydrocarbon
sector
is
expected
to
dominate
Ansari's
meetings
with
the
Kazakhstan
leadership.
Ansari
will
also
hold
talks
in
which
trade
and
economic
cooperation
could
be
stepped
up
between
the
two
countries.
A
high-level
delegation,
including
Minister
of
State
for
External
Affairs
E
Ahmed,
is
accompanying
Ansari.
India
and
Kazakhstan
have
close
ties
in
the
energy
sector
and
have
already
put
in
place
an
agreement
on
petroleum
and
natural
gas
sector.
ANI