Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. File photoMOSCOW, May 16.Relations between Russia and Kazakhstan are developing well, despite today's difficulties, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. trade turnover is more than 34 percent, about $17 billion has been invested by Russian companies in the economy of Kazakhstan,” he said. The Russian leader, in addition, proposed discussing security and economic issues. In turn, Tokayev called Russia the main trading partner. The government of the country has been tasked with consolidating the successes of cooperation, the President of Kazakhstan added. He also said that the country's delegation held a substantive meeting with Russian colleagues, and announced his participation in the SPIEF in St. Petersburg. In addition, Kazakhstan will be represented at the international industrial exhibition «Innoprom», which will be held in early July in Yekaterinburg, and the traditional forum of border regions. Leaders of the CSTO countries spoke at the summit in Moscow
