YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian held a telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kasim-Zhomart Tokayev to congratulate him on assuming office, the Presidential Office told Armenpress.

President Sarkissian expressed confidence that the current friendship and traditions of mutual respect between the two countries and peoples will continue to serve as a reliable base for the further development and deepening of the mutually beneficial cooperation between Armenia and Kazakhstan.

The Armenian President wished Kasim-Zhomart Tokayev good health and all the best, and peace and prosperity to the good people of Kazakhstan.

Armen Sarkissian also sent a congratulatory letter to Kasim-Zhomart Tokayev which in particular says: “I am confident that we will be able to give new impetus to raising the effectiveness of inter-state cooperation with joint efforts”.

Nursultan Nazarbayev has resigned from the post of President of Kazakhstan on March 19.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan