Kazakhstan is a strategic partner of the European Union in Central Asia. This was stated by Marilyn Josefson, Foreign Policy Adviser to the President of the European Council. The development of ties between Kazakhstan and the EU was discussed in Brussels. The parties focused on trade, transport, digital technologies, tourism and humanitarian exchanges.
«As Kazakhstan is celebrating Republic Day on 25 October, the quick and accelerated development in economy, in transport, in digital connectivity can be very much translated into the rapid exchange between the European Union and Kazakhstan, and that is now embodied in a strategic partnership that was articulated during the visit of President Tokayev to Brussels. I think what we're seeing now in a time of global turbulence, the fact that Kazakhstan is a stable anchor in its own region, Central Asia, but also bridging and creating peaceful and prosperous partnerships well beyond its own region,» noted Marilyn Josefson, Foreign Policy Adviser to the President of the European Council.
EU Ambassador to Kazakhstan Aleška Simkić also notes that the European Union supports Kazakhstan’s multi-vector foreign policy and its efforts to strengthen international cooperation. The diplomat placed particular emphasis on the influence of middle powers on global politics. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has repeatedly stressed the need to amplify their voices. According to the Ambassador, Brussels shares this view. She was also particularly impressed by the intensity of Astana’s international contacts.
«Sometimes we are wondering how Kazakhstan can manage all of these relationships, and we can see the leadership traveling a lot and also having a lot of visits. Since I’ve been here for two years, there were so many high-level visits coming to Astana, to Almaty, also European visits. So that’s why I just want to say that it just shows what kind of importance Kazakhstan as a country, because of its policies, because of its foreign policy, friendly foreign policy it has developed,» said Aleška Simkić, EU Ambassador to Kazakhstan.
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