"It is planned to discuss key issues of the development of Russian-Kazakh relations of strategic partnership and alliance, as well as to consider a number of pressing problems of the regional agenda, in particular, taking into account the situation in Afghanistan," the Kremlin press service quoted TASS as saying.

Earlier Tokayev said that the Central Asian countries bear the brunt of the main risks associated with the situation in Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan also recalled the non-recognition of the Taliban *.

* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.