Putin Confident in Strengthening of Strategic Partnership with Kazakhstan

Vladimir Putin noted the achievements of Kazakhstan in economic, social and scientific areas; the country's high status in the world arena; and its contribution to the solution of relevant international problems, Sputnik reported.

Putin also underlined the high level of Moscow-Astana relations within the framework of the growing work of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev also congratulated his Kazakh counterpart Bakytzhan Sagintayev on the holiday. According to Medvedev, the countries have friendly and allied relations, bilateral cooperation is developing in many areas and joint projects are being realized.

The Independence Day of Kazakhstan is celebrated every year on December 16, the date when the law on the independence of the republic was adopted.