Media: President of Kazakhstan Tokayev will not come to Russia for SPIEF

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will not take part in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), which will take place next week, writes Reuters with reference to the press service of the government of the republic.

According to the government, Kakhastan will be represented at the forum by two country officials – Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar and Deputy Economy Minister Timur Zhaksylykov. The reason for the refusal of Tokayev’s visit to the Russian Federation was not specified to the agency.

This year, SPIEF will be held for the 26th time, it will take place from 14 to 17 June. Earlier it became known that Syrian Finance Minister Kenan Yagi will take part in the event. Also, the visit of Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz was announced by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov reported that Vladimir Putin would take part in the forum and speak at the plenary session.

In 2022, SPIEF was held from 15 to 18 June. The event became an anniversary – SPIEF took place for the 25th time. As the organizers noted, 14,000 people from 131 countries took part in the event. On the final day of the forum, the amount of agreements concluded reached 5.6 trillion rubles.