The visa regime and consular cooperation between Kazakhstan and Austria are to be simplified

DKnews.kz reports a meeting between Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Alibek Bakayev and Secretary General of the Austrian Foreign Ministry Nikolaus Marschik in Vienna.
The prospects for the development of Kazakh-Austrian relations, in particular the importance of organizing reciprocal visits at the high and highest levels interlocutors, were discussed.
Bakayev expressed Astana’s commitment to the peaceful settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and Kazakhstan’s readiness to provide a platform for relevant contacts if requested and discussed the results of the SCO Summit held in Astana on 4 July this year.
The prospects for cooperation between the two countries, as well as Kazakhstan’s active work in international organizations and its balanced approach to world issues were highly appreciated by Marschik.
The regular Kazakh-Austrian consular consultations took place on the same day. Deputy Minister Bakayev headed the Kazakh delegation, while Georg Stillfried, Head of the Consular Department of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, led the Austrian delegation.
The sides exchanged views on draft intergovernmental agreements on visa exemption for holders of diplomatic passports and readmission and discussed issues of simplification of the visa regime of EU countries for citizens of Kazakhstan. The Kazakh delegation expects Austria to initiate official negotiations between Kazakhstan and the European Union.
The parties also discussed prospects for cooperation between the two countries in the field of migration and the fight against human trafficking and confirmed their willingness to further strengthen cooperation in the consular field.

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