The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan will sign a cooperation agreement in November covering the judicial and security fields. The groundwork for the agreement was laid in March when Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Riyadh, according to a report published today by Arab News. Kazakhstan's Ambassador Askar Mussinov to the Kingdom said the agreement would be signed during the visit of the Minister of Justice Onalsyn Zhumanekov to Riyadh in November, when he will meet with his Saudi counterpart Dr. Abdullah Bin Mohammad Al Al-Sheikh. Referring to the draft judicial and security cooperation agreement, the ambassador said it not only covers cooperation in the fight against terrorism but also in combating drug smuggling and all other aspects of security concerns. "Security is a broad term covering many areas - prevention of crime, terrorism and drug trafficking. There are economic aspects of security as well." As for judicial cooperation, the agreement calls for an exchange of information on the Kingdom's judicial system and its modus operandi. He also said that a Kazakh parliamentary delegation will visit the Kingdom later this year to study the working of the Shoura (Consultative) Council.
