Turkey and Kazakhstan sign JET protocol

Turkish State Minister Mehmet Aydin and Kazakh Education and Science Minister Zhaskbey Kulekeyev signed the memorandum of understanding.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Aydin said countries sign cooperation protocols on economy within globalization process aiming to increase their power and roles, stating that Turkey attributed importance to cooperation with Kazakhstan in this respect.

Aydin said both the government and private sector would extend necessary efforts to improve cooperation.

"We are ready to overcome every difficulty to put the protocol into practice," Aydin said.

Kulekeyev in his part said trade volume between the two countries failed to reflect the real potential, stressing that a long term economic cooperation program was signed between the two countries.

Kulekeyev said a joint highway transportation company was envisaged to be set up to strengthen transportation, and noted that both countries would inform each other on the regulations and statistical data.

Kulekeyev said they supported Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan project, and noted that this project would further improve bilateral relations.

Stressing that the two countries could unite experiences for use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, Kulekeyev said Turkey and Kazakhstan could also cooperate on rational use of water resources.

Turkish-Kazakh JEC convened in Ankara on Monday. In the meeting, Turkish State Minister Mehmet Aydin has said that settlement of a long-term and deeper cooperation between Turkey and Kazakhstan in every field constituted the basis of their policies.

Kulekeyev said in the JEC meeting that commercial and economic relations between Turkey and Kazakhstan would further improve in the future.