Kazakh President congratulates Georgian PM on “well-deserved” reappointment

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of Kazakhstan, on Thursday congratulated Irakli Kobakhidze on his reappointment as the Prime Minister of Georgia, calling it a “well-deserved” development that he said testified the PM’s “strong leadership” in the country.

Tokayev said Georgia represented a “very important partner” of Kazakhstan, adding he “highly appreciated” the “significant progress” the former had made in its economic growth, in comments during Kobakhidze’s visit to Kazakhstan on Thursday.

We are following Georgia’s economic development closely. As far as I know, last year economic growth reached 9.4 percent, which is a very impressive result”, he said.

The President emphasised the growth would benefit the cooperation between the two countries, while also pointing out the importance of Kobakhidze’s visit by saying it would “contribute to our further cooperation and relations in many important strategic areas”.