News:
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev held comprehensive talks and decided for 5 key agreements including a defence pact to enhance military cooperation and a contract for supply of uranium to India.
- They decided to actively engage in the fight against terrorism and extremism and also agreed to work closely to expand bilateral trade by addressing structural impediments between India and hydrocarbon-rich Kazakhstan.
- Kazaksthan was one of the first countries with which India launched civil nuclear cooperation through a uranium purchase contract, said Modi.
- The other pacts included Treaty on Transfer of Sentenced Persons, human resources, cultural exchanges and capacity building.
Source: ET