The meeting focused on topical issues of international agenda, as well as prospects for further deepening of cooperation between Kazakhstan and the UN.
The President stressed the need to settle the conflict situations in the world through negotiations, having noted that the UN should play an important role in this process.
Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev told about the ongoing activity of the UN Conference on Disarmament and emphasized Kazakhstan’s leading role in prohibition of nuclear weapons and reduction of nuclear arsenals.
The UN Deputy Secretary General also congratulated Nursultan Nazarbayev on the decision of the International Exhibitions Bureau to hold the EXPO-2017 in Astana.
