Authors : Ardak Yesdauletova, Askhat Oralov, Aigerim Ospanova, Panu Kilybayeva and Ilyas Yesdauletov
Abstract: The European Union and Kazakhstan signed the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement in 2015. This event symbolized the new stage of the relations between the EU and Kazakhstan. This document held the long process of negotiations since 2009. The researcher tried to estimate the significance of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement for Kazakhstan in two dimensions. The first, this strategy document is important for the economic development of relations, especially in balancing the trade of energy resources. The second, this agreement arises the issues of such normative as human rights and the rule of law in Kazakhstan which were very important for the European Union foreign policy.
Ardak Yesdauletova, Askhat Oralov, Aigerim Ospanova, Panu Kilybayeva and Ilyas Yesdauletov, 2016. Main Directions of Cooperation Development Between the European Union and Kazakhstan in the 2010s. The Social Sciences, 11: 5653-5656.