EU-Kazakhstan Cooperation Committee
(WorldNews Asia)

The European Union (EU) and Kazakhstan held their 18th meeting of the Cooperation Committee, online, on Friday, 25 September 2020. The EU is Kazakhstan`s first trade and investment partner, representing over one third of Kazakhstan`s external trade and over a half of total foreign direct investment in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is the first Central Asian country with which the EU signed an Enhanced Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (EPCA), which entered into force on 1 March 2020. Both the EU and Kazakhstan expressed their strong support for strengthening relations. The Cooperation Committee discussed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of strengthened multilateralism. The...