Kazakh amb. in Cairo, assistant FM discuss issues of mutual interest

CAIRO - 1 February 2018: Kazakh Ambassador to Egypt Arman Isagaliev conferred with Egyptian Assistant of Foreign Minister for Multilateral Cooperation and International Security Ehab Fawzi on a flurry of issues of mutual interest.

They discussed a presentation delivered during the UNSC themed "Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: confidence-building measures," Kazakhstan embassy in Cairo said in a statement on Thursday.

For the first time in its history, Kazakhstan assumed the presidency of the United Nations Security Council in January as a non-permanent Security Council member for 2017-2018.

The Kazakh Embassy statement said that they discussed the initiatives launched by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in the fields of nuke security especially international action to combat terror.

The also tackled Islamic reconciliation, establishing an organization for food security in the Islamic world and the G15 of leading developing countries, the statement added.

Fawzi lauded the Kazakh role in world politics and its important contribution to the regional and international issues, the statement said.

Fawzi also praised Kazakhstan's role in the UNSC and the initiatives of the Kazakh president that target world peace, asserting that Kazakhstan is an important political partner to Egypt.