ASTANA. August 26. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ Secretary of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan met with NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons.

'At the meeting we discussed with the Foreign Minister the issues regarding Kazakhstan's presidency in the OSCE, cooperation between the NATO and Kazakhstan and oncoming visit of the President of Kazakhstan to Brussels where he is to meet with the members of the Government of Belgium and the EU. Besides, Nursultan Nazarbayev is expected to visit the headquarters of the NATO. We are looking forward to this visit', R. Simmons said in the interview to journalists.

R. Simmons also noted that at the meeting they touched upon the situation in Kyrgyzstan.

The President's trip to Brussels is planned on this autumn.