[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 196 (Monday, December 9, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1562]
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           KAZAKHSTAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON

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                           HON. STEVE CHABOT

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, December 9, 2019

  Mr. CHABOT. Madam Speaker, as co-chair of the U.S.-Kazakhstan 
Congressional Caucus, I am pleased to rise today to welcome 
Kazakhstan's newly-appointed Foreign Minister, Mukhtar Tileuberdi, to 
the U.S. Capitol during his inaugural visit to Washington, D.C. this 
week. Minister Tileuberdi is an experienced Kazakh diplomat and 
statesman.
  Throughout his career, he was posted in Kazakhstan's diplomatic 
missions in South Korea, Israel, and served as Ambassador to Malaysia 
with concurrent accreditation to Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, and the 
Philippines. He also served as Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the Swiss 
Confederation and with concurrent accreditation to the Principality of 
Liechtenstein and the Vatican. Additionally, he served as the Permanent 
Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations Office and other 
international organizations in Geneva. I look forward to working with 
the Minister in his new role, as we continue to grow the important 
bilateral relationship between Kazakhstan and the United States.
  Madam Speaker, as you may know, the United States and Kazakhstan held 
first meeting of the U,S.-Kazakhstan Enhanced Strategic Partnership 
Dialogue in January 2018, following former President Nazarbayev's visit 
to Washington. The most recent series of these bilateral talks took 
place last week and focused heavily on continued cooperation on issues 
of aviation, counterterrorism, and information sharing, among other 
topics.
  Along with my fellow co-chair of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Caucus, we look 
forward to our meeting with Minister Tileuberdi to discuss how the 
United States and Kazakhstan can continue to promote security and 
stability across Central Asia through Kazakhstan's strong support for 
nuclear non-proliferation as well the U.S.-Kazakhstan Enhanced 
Strategic Partnership Dialogue, military cooperation, and C5+1 
multilateral meetings.
  Cooperation between the United States and Kazakhstan has never been 
stronger. Kazakhstan has been a strategic partner in Afghanistan and in 
the fight against violent extremism, and has been a leader in 
repatriating foreign fighters and their families from Syria and Iraq. 
On behalf of my fellow U.S.-Kazakhstan Caucus members, we welcome the 
opportunity to deepen the bilateral partnership, and we look forward to 
hosting future presidential and high-level delegation visits on Capitol 
Hill.

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