ASTANA, November 9. /TASS/. Moscow and Astana will both work to strengthen their sovereignty and fulfill international obligations, "one does not interfere with the other," Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the Russian-Kazakh talks.

"Sovereignty in the development of the state in general is the most important component of the future of the nation. We assume that this sovereignty will be strengthened despite the need to fulfill all international obligations," Putin said. "One thing does not interfere with another," he pointed out.

At the same time, Putin noted that the priority for any state should always be national development and the interests of its own people. "This is what we in Russia start from," he pointed out, noting that all of Russia's allies, including Kazakhstan, the closest of them, also share this opinion.

"This is how we will act," the Russian leader concluded.