Kiev—Ukraine wants a high-level meeting with Kazakhstan later this year in order to improve economic relations between Kiev and Astana, damaged by a row over crude oil transit. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryshchenko suggested the summit at a meeting with Amangeldy Zhumbayev, the Kazakh ambassador to Ukraine, on March 23, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said March 24. Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Kanat Saud-abayev is to visit Kiev at the end of March for further talks, the ministry said.
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