During the meeting, the President of Kazakhstan thanked Vladimir Putin for the warm welcome and noted successful negotiations in Tajikistan in the frames of the session of CSTO Collective Security Council.
Nursultan Nazarbayev also stressed that the forum of interregional cooperation is of great significance for the two countries, especially in the context of turbulence in the global economy.
"There is a decline in mutual trade, caused by a decrease in export prices and volatility of currency markets. Our governments work hard to resolve the current issues. And today, we have an opportunity to discuss the most important of them at the Forum," - said Nazarbayev.
In turn, Putin noted the importance of the format of the meetings of heads of regions of Kazakhstan and Russia.
"This is the twelfth Forum. This year we have met to discuss the issues of cooperation and collaboration in agriculture, food security," - said Russian President.