Kazakhstan and China’s Macao Visa-Free Regime
On April 9, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to China, Shakhrat Nuryshev and the Secretary for Administration and Justice of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Cheong Weng Chon, signed an Agreement between their respective governments on mutual exemption from visa requirements for up to 14 days. According to the Kazakh Foreign Ministry, the agreement will provide additional impetus to the development of trade, economic, cultural, humanitarian and tourism cooperation between the two parties. Discussions were also held between Ambassador Nuryshev and Mr. Ho Iat Seng, Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region, on the current state and prospects of cooperation between Kazakhstan and Macao, as well as cooperation concerning the “Year of Tourism of Kazakhstan in China”.