(21 Dec 1999) Natural Sound
The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has met U-S President Clinton as part of the sixth meeting of the U-S-Kazakhstan Joint Commission.
The two leaders posed for the cameras on the White House lawn on Tuesday.
During his visit, Nazarbayev signed an agreement covering issues ranging from economic cooperation to nuclear safety.
The Kazakh president was praised for his investigation and punishment of officials who sold 40 old MiG-21 jet fighters to North Korea.
U-S Vice President Al Gore and Nazarbayev signed a report calling for greater consular cooperation, bilateral efforts towards decommissioning a nuclear reactor, the transfer of nuclear safety technology, increased military contacts and other issues.
Nazarbayev assured Gore that Kazakhstan was reforming its trade policy to bring it in line with World Trade Organisation rules.
He also said that he was reforming the election system to comply with the Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Gore praised the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline deal between Kazakhstan's neighbours - Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia - which is designed to send Caspian Sea oil to world markets without going through Russia or Iran.
The role of the pipeline could be increased by transporting oil from Kazakhstan to Baku and pumping it through the pipeline.
Nazarbayev said that capitalizing on his nation's oil and gas resources would require greater investment from abroad.
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