Abstract
Iran is called upon to play the role as a strategic partner of the Central Asian republics; also, it is their gateway to the Middle and Near East and South Asia—that is to say, regions where the majority of the world’s Muslim population traditionally lives. The starting point in the evolution of relations between Kazakhstan (the Republic of Kazakhstan) and Iran (the Islamic Republic of Iran) was 1992, when the country’s president, N. Nazarbaev,went to the Islamic Republic of Iran on an official visit (October 28 through November 3). Then, on 24 through 26 October 1993, President A. Hashemi Rafsanjani of Iran returned the visit. In the course of those meetings, treaties were signed, laying the groundwork for the development of cooperation between the two states.1
More than 40 documents regulating bilateral relations in the trade and economic, industrial, sci-entific and technical, transport, transit, and customs sphere have since been drafted and signed.2 These contacts are constantly being advanced.3
There are a number of factors in Kazakhstan’s special interest in developing mutually beneficial politico-economic relations between our two states.
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