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| Trump Receives Kazakstan President Nazarbayev |
| 2018-01-17 |
| President Trump met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan today in the White House. They discussed the North Korea nuclear issue, among other things. Unlike the US, Kazakhstan has diplomatic relations with North Korea, and has offered to assist in negotiating the nuclear issue. As a former (Islamic) state of the USSR, Kazakstan once had a large nuclear aresenal but has relinquished it. Nazarbayev congratulated Trump on being in office for a year and for signing a package of tax cuts. Kazakstan, on the north and east side of the Caspian Sea, has very large oil reserves and is a major player in the world oil export market. They are an important - with regard to Russia, Islam and energy - but little-noticed country. I cannot recall when their leadership has previously been received in the White House. I cannot find a source other than that organization which cannot be named so have rewritten it myself. Added a link to ABC News discussing the visit. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |