Nazarbayev pays a visit to Pavlodar region

 PAVLODAR. September 18. KAZINFORM The working trip of Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev to Pavlodar region is on.

In Pavlodar the Head of State is expected to visit a range of regional objects. In addition, President Nazarbayev will take part in the IX Interregional Cooperation Forum of Kazakhstan and Russia which is set to be held in the region tomorrow.

As a result of the Kazakhstani-Russian business forum on September 18, there will be signed eight agreements totaling 1.8 billion US dollars.

The news was announced by the Kazakh Government's official spokesperson Yerzhan Ashikbayev at the Monday briefing (September 17) in Astana.

The business forum will be conducted on the threshold of the 9^th Interregional Cooperation Forum with the participation of the Kazakh and Russian leaders.