ASTANA. March 11.Kazakh Ambassador Anarbek Karashev met with Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the President's Office of Slovakia Jan Soth and Political Director General (Deputy Minister) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovakia Igor Slobodnik Wednesday in Bratislava, Kazinform refers to the press service of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry.

Preparation process to the coming visit of Head of the Slovak Republic Ivan Gasparovic to Kazakhstan was discussed at the meeting. 

The Kazakh diplomat informed the interlocutors on the main provisions of the President's Address to the nation, prospects of bilateral cooperation in the industrial and innovative fields and thanked for assistance of the Slovak side in Kazakhstan's OSCE chairmanship.

The Slovak side stressed the importance of the visit of the Slovak President to Kazakhstan for further development of bilateral relations and wished success to Kazakhstan at the OSCE chairman post.