Readout of the President’s Meeting with Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev

President Obama met today with President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan.  The two leaders discussed bilateral relations, nuclear nonproliferation, and regional stability and economic development.  The leaders further discussed the importance of finding a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine that includes full implementation of the Minsk agreements.  The President also congratulated President Nazarbayev on the launch of the IAEA’s low enriched uranium fuel bank in Kazakhstan and on Kazakhstan’s accession to the World Trade Organization.