Minister of Economy Sultan bin Saeed Al-Mansouri of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said that the UAE and Kazakhstan have agreed on expanding cooperation between the two countries in the fields of civil aviation and agriculture. Shortly after a meeting with a number of senior Kazakh officials in Astana today, Al-Mansouri disclosed that the talks focused on Emirates Airlines and Etihad Airways operating direct flights to a number of destinations in Kazakhstan. The two parties also discussed the possibility of increasing wheat import to UAE and the re-export of Kazakh wheat to a number of destinations in the region.