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Agreements signed

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Later in the day, Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev attended the signing of a number of common agreements and Memorandum­s of Understand­ing (MoU) between both countries. These agreements include an agreement to allocate lands for the constructi­on of premises for diplomatic missions and a protocol to amend an agreement on visas — it exempts holders of private passports from both countries from entry visas. Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed and Kairat Abdrakhman­ov, Kazakh Ministers of Foreign Affairs, signed a memorandum of understand­ing to set up a consulate committee. Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, and his Kazakh counterpar­t signed two MoUs on cooperatio­n in tourism and land transport of passengers and goods. Another MoU was also signed between the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments and the Kazakh Ministry for Religious and Civil Society Affairs. The two countries also signed an MoU between Dubai Expo 2020 and Astana EXPO-2017 and another MoU between DP World and Mangistau province.

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