Kazakhstan and China agree on currency swapsAccording to National Bank’s Vice Chairman Bissengali Tadjiyakov, the measure is necessary given the robust growth of the bilateral trade turnover: the current figure stands at $20 billion and is set to triple by 2015.
Equestrian tournaments to be held in Almaty and AstanaThe 3rd Sports Tournament of Kazakhstan, the 4th Central Asian Championship and several International Equestrian Sport Tournaments will be held in Almaty and Astana in June and July.
Medvedev to come for SCO summit in AstanaRussia’s President Dmitry Medvedev will take part in the Anniversary meeting of the Council of Heads of the SCO member-states in Astana.
Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives in Kazakhstan The Chinese leader is expected to have talks with President Nazarbayev and Prime Minister Karim Massimov and to attend the 10th anniversary summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to be held in Astana June 15.