First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Akan Rakhmetullin met with Assistant UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruvendrini Menikdivela.

A. Rakhmatullin informed the interlocutor about the improvement of national legislation in the field of refugee protection, as well as Kazakhstan's actions to provide assistance and humanitarian assistance to refugees, internally displaced persons and stateless persons.

R. Menikdivela noted significant achievements in reducing statelessness in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. She expressed gratitude to Kazakhstan for the successful completion of two national #Belong companies for documenting stateless persons.

The parties confirmed their intention to continue cooperation between Kazakhstan and UNHCR in order to improve the rights and humanitarian protection of refugees.

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