A protocol was signed on the statistics of railway freight traffic between the two countries in 2022 and their plans for this year. The officials discussed collaboration in electric energy, the nuclear power industry and the oil and gas sector. Russian soup with beetroot Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov had a meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Roman Sklyar. They discussed topical issues of bilateral trade and industrial cooperation.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin had a meeting on 10 January in Moscow with First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Roman Sklyar. Agenda: Implementing the 2022 federal budget, financing Arctic regions’ development and enhancing the efficiency of forest fire protection. Agenda: additional guarantees for providing free medical treatment, special social benefits for certain categories of medical professionals, lump-sum monthly allowance for child birth and child-rearing, and the extension of the moratorium on inspections of businesses. Agenda: Preliminary economic results of 2022, the Metallurgical Industry Development Strategy, the Automotive Industry Development Strategy, the improvement of land regulation, and the integration of education and research facilities in the DPR, LPR, the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions into the Russian legal framework. Agenda: Preliminary results of the road sector for 2022, improving road traffic safety, long-term development strategies for the metallurgical industry and automobile sector. The meeting was co-chaired by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexei Overchuk and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Mher Grigoryan.