On the morning of November 1, French President Emmanuel Macron came to Kazakhstan. On the evening of the same day, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban flew to Astana after him. In the air Tsargrad.tv Experts explained the reasons for these visits.
As for Macron, Deputy Director of the Institute of CIS Countries Vladimir Zharikhin is sure that he came to Kazakhstan because of problems with Niger, which supplies uranium to France.
“They don’t have their own uranium, but they have nuclear power plants that produce 70 percent of electricity. Therefore, they agreed on the possibility of supplying materials from Iran, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, where uranium is available,” Zharikhin said.
Political scientist Yuri Svetov says Orban is looking for options to expand his ties.
“Of course, Kazakhstan also supplies energy to Europe using our pipelines, but still. “For this reason, Orban wants to get some guarantees in case of any ban on Russia,” he said.
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev taken into account The French leader’s visit to Astana is a historical event. He noted that cooperation between countries is evolving and therefore additional impetus is needed.
Later recognizedIt was stated that during Orban’s meetings with the Kazakhstan leadership, issues regarding the further expansion of Kazakh-Hungarian cooperation in trade, economy, investment and cultural-humanitarian fields were discussed.
Previously Peskov commented Interest of EU countries in Kazakhstan.