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The PM of Romania, Marcel Ciolacu, Tuesday received the foreign minister and deputy PM of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Murat Nurtleu, in which context the head of the Romanian government emphasised that the excellent dynamics of bilateral relations ensure great potential to the bilateral cooperation towards the interconnection between Europe and the Caspian Sea region. According to a news release issued by the Romanian government, the Romanian PM hailed the upward trend of the political dialogue and economic cooperation between the two countries and mentioned that Kazakhstan is Romania’s largest economic partner in Central Asia. As regards the cooperation in the energy sector, the two parties agreed to encourage cooperation in order to enhance the security of energy supplies for the EU member states as well as for the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, reads the news release. The two officials also discussed the regional security situation in the context of Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine.