MOSCOW, April 11. /TASS/. Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minster of Foreign Affairs Murat Nurtleu is convinced that this year will be no less eventful for relations between Moscow and Astana than last year.

"We believe that this year, which marks the tenth anniversary of the Treaty on Good Neighborly and Allied Relations in the 21st Century, will be no less intense and fruitful," he said at talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday.

The top Kazakh diplomat recalled that a major event last year was Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s visit to Moscow when the two leaders agreed to continue to strengthen bilateral relations.

Nurtleu, who has headed the Kazakh presidential office since February 2022, was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs on April 3.