Russian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Alexey Borodavkin congratulated the people of Kazakhstan on Republic Day and stated that Russia supports the large-scale reforms aimed at modernizing the state, ensuring sustainable economic growth and improving the well-being of citizens under the leadership of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
Ambassador's congratulation
In his congratulatory message, Borodavkin noted that the national holiday is an opportunity to highlight Kazakhstan's remarkable achievements in socio-economic development, strengthening statehood and enhancing the country's international prestige.
"Relations between Russia and Kazakhstan are successfully developing in the spirit of comprehensive strategic partnership and alliance, based on the traditions of friendship and good-neighborliness that have evolved over centuries, on the spiritual and cultural closeness of our peoples, and on the principles of mutual respect for sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity," he said.
Broad scope of cooperation
The ambassador noted that mutually beneficial cooperation between the countries covers all key areas – from coordination of foreign policy and military-technical cooperation to economic integration, energy, space exploration and joint projects in the humanitarian sphere.
"May Russian-Kazakh friendship grow stronger for the benefit of our peoples!" Borodavkin said.
Putin's congratulation
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Tokayev and the people of Kazakhstan on Republic Day, noting that Kazakhstan enjoys a worthy reputation on the international stage.
"I am confident that we will continue to strengthen mutually beneficial Russian-Kazakh ties in all areas for the benefit of our friendly peoples and in the interests of strengthening security and stability in the Eurasian region," Putin said.