Kazakh DPM Murat Nurtleu Arrives in Pakistan on Two-Day Visit
Kazakhstan's Deputy Prime Minister led a 13-member delegation in talks to enhance $239 million bilateral trade, focusing on agriculture, IT, logistics, and cultural exchange ahead of the presidential visit.
- On September 8, Murat Nurtleu, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, begins a two-day visit to Pakistan, meeting Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar followed by delegation-level talks.
- Pakistan's Foreign Office said the visit precedes President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's November 2025 trip and aims to deepen cooperation in trade, investment, agriculture, education, tourism, and culture.
- He is travelling with a high-level 13-member delegation that includes Nurlan Sauranbayev, Kazakhstan's Minister of Transport, and the visit includes joint working group meetings on agriculture and IT plus scheduled calls on President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
- Trade data show bilateral commerce is worth $239 million, though Pakistani exports to Kazakhstan dropped by more than 47 per cent in FY2025, yet Kazakhstan remains a top Central Asian market for Pakistan.
- A planned study will examine a major railway linking Central Asia with Pakistani seaports, and Kazakhstan has expressed interest in a direct flight to Skardu to boost tourism and people-to-people ties.
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