Overview
- President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is on a November 11–12 state visit to Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin on deepening bilateral cooperation.
- Tokayev says the two countries will sign a Declaration raising relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership and alliance.
- He describes the document as opening a new era and confirming unprecedented readiness for closer work across all areas built on mutual trust.
- Tokayev emphasizes that Russian holds special recognition in Kazakhstan as part of humanitarian cooperation that strengthens dialogue between peoples.
- He points to growing education links, citing nine Russian university branches in Kazakhstan, an MGIMO campus in Astana, a KazNU branch in Omsk, and a planned Sirius school in Almaty.