AKIPRESS.COM - Minister of Information and Communications of Kazakhstan Dauren Abayev paid a working visit to the UK, during which he met Mr Sean O’Hara, EVP, International Advertising, BBC Worldwide, and Mr Sergey Stanovkin, Head of BBC Advertising Representative Offices in Eurasia.

The meeting focused on bilateral cooperation and the possibility of implementation of joint projects, the Kazakh Embassy in UK said.

The meeting resulted in the signing of a Memorandum of cooperation between the Ministry of Information and Communications of Kazakhstan and BBC Worldwide.

The MoU intends to implement joint projects aimed holding round-table discussions, organisation of lectures for national and regional media, educational courses and seminars, as well as branding issues.

The MoU also aims to create a task force, which will be focused predominantly on holding joint consultations on technical development of Kazakh TV-channels as part of their digital transformation, exchange information and experience.