ASTANA. March 4. KAZINFORM Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov has held a meeting with Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in Moscow; the Premier's press service reports.

There were discussed the issues of further development of bilateral trade-economic cooperation, including in the space and electric power fields, and in the sphere of nuclear industry. There were also considered topical issues of interaction of Kazakhstan and Russia within the framework of the Customs Union and in the process of formation of the single economic space.

"There is great progress in solution of the tasks set. I think that all tasks should be solved by July 1 as we agreed", K.Massimov said.

V.Putin, in his turn, noted that "Kazakhstan is an absolute leader in integration processes in the post-Soviet space and did much for the customs Union establishment".

K.Massimov and V.Putin expressed confidence in successful development of fruitful trade-economic cooperation and partnership interaction between Kazakhstan and Russia.