INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Murat LAUMULIN

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Murat Laumulin, D.Sc. (Political Science), chief researcher at the Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

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During 2005, Kazakhstan’s foreign policy and its participation in international affairs developed dynamically in all the main traditional areas. This included its participation in international, including regional, organizations, such as the U.N., OSCE, CIS, EurAsEC, and SCO, and its cooperation with such structures as NATO, the OIC, and ECO. What is more, the republic strengthened its bilateral relations with Russia, the CIS states as a whole and Central Asian countries in particular, the U.S., the PRC, the countries of the European Union and the Muslim East, the APR, and Southeast Asia.

But this past year was distinguished by specific features: the domestic political factor had a strong impact on Kazakhstan’s international status. I am referring to the presidential election in the country, which attracted the keen attention of several international organizations and individual states to its domestic policy.

Kazakhstani-Russian Relations

The first half of the year was characterized by unprecedented activity in this area. For example, in January, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a working visit to Almaty. During his informal meeting with Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbaev, a broad range of questions were discussed relating to the development of bilateral relations and…………….

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