• Interior Minister Gerhard Karner agreed with his Kazakh counterpart Yerzhan Sadenov to exchange experiences in fighting organized crime, extremism, and terrorism.
  • A joint declaration on further cooperation was signed, and a bilateral readmission agreement was concluded last year and entered into force a few days ago.
  • As part of an OSCE project, more than 200 document verification devices were handed over to the Kazakh border police to detect forged passports.
  • Karner and Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger are traveling in Central Asia, visiting Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
  • More than 400 Austrian companies are present on the Kazakh market, 45 of which are active in renewable energy, green technologies, infrastructure, agriculture, and tourism.

Sources & Links