12 Mar 2020 12:24

Kazakhstan cancels WTO ministerial meeting in Nur-Sultan in June over coronavirus - deputy PM

NUR-SULTAN. March 12 (Interfax) - Kazakhstan has cancelled a World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference, initially scheduled to take place in the country's capital Nur-Sultan in June, due to coronavirus-related risks, Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alikhan Smailov told reporters on Thursday.

"This conference has already been cancelled. Relevant letters have been sent out to all participants," he said, adding that this was done as part of measures to contain the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.