On 9 November 2026, the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Netherlands, A. Rakhmetullin, met with Senator of the States General of the Netherlands Pim van Ballekom ( VVD - People's Party for Freedom and Democracy). P. van Ballekom is the Chairman of the Senate's Standing Committee on Finance and Deputy Chairman of the Benelux Interparliamentary Assembly. His parliamentary portfolios also include foreign policy, European affairs and social policy.
The parties discussed interparliamentary interaction and cooperation in the energy sector, which is of importance for the energy security of the Netherlands and the economy of Kazakhstan. The issues of large-scale reforms in Kazakhstan and the implementation of the Address of President K. Tokayev were also touched upon.
On 11 November 2026, Ambassador A. Rakhmetullin met with Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands Mpanzu Bamenga ( D66 – social-liberal party "Democrats 66"), rapporteur of the Third Committee of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions.
In the House of Representatives, M. Bamenga is a member of the committees on asylum and migration, internal affairs, foreign trade and development cooperation, foreign affairs, defence, European affairs, infrastructure and water management, climate and green growth, Kingdom relations, social policy and employment, housing policy and spatial planning. In D66, he is the party spokesperson on foreign trade, development cooperation, discrimination, integration, infrastructure and ecology. In the OSCE PA, he also participates in the work of the Special Committee on Migration.
During the meeting with M. Bamenga, the Ambassador spoke about Kazakhstan, recent reforms in the parliamentary sphere, interest in developing interparliamentary ties and strengthening economic and political cooperation between the two countries. The main provisions of the Head of State's Address and the measures of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan for its implementation were highlighted separately.
Mr. Bamenga showed interest in the domestic political and foreign policy situation in Kazakhstan, human rights issues, cooperation in the field of rare earth metals and the development of green energy. He agreed with the need to establish and further develop interparliamentary interaction.
Both meetings were held as part of a series of contacts aimed at establishing and strengthening bilateral and interparliamentary interaction, deepening mutual understanding and forming closer and more friendly relations between Kazakhstan and the Netherlands.
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