Kazakhstan ratifies strategic partnership agreement with UK

ASTANA. May 8 (Interfax) - Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed a law ratifying Kazakhstan's strategic partnership and cooperation agreement with the United Kingdom, his press service said on Friday.

The agreement was signed in Astana in April 2024. The need for it was due to the UK's exit from the European Union in early 2020.

The document regulates the two countries' strategic partnership and further strengthens international cooperation in the political, economic, cultural and areas.

It envisages broader trade, economic and investment relations, deeper security cooperation and further interaction in the scientific, technological, cultural and humanitarian areas.

The two countries will develop an effective political dialogue based on international law and shared values for the purposes of maintaining international peace, stability and security, the document said.

The agreement also determines a legal framework for strategic partnership in business, customs relations, labor rights, justice, intellectual property, energy, investment, healthcare and education.

The cultural and humanitarian cooperation will involve implementing joint education programs, opening UK university branch campuses and broader student and faculty exchanges. The law also creates conditions for organizing joint exhibitions and festivals and cooperation among museums and archives, the press service said.