The Mazhilis (Kazakhstan’s lower house of parliament) today endorsed a number of draft laws on ratification of several agreements signed between Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, including the agreement on the rules of stay of Tajik nationals in Kazakhstan and Kazakh nationals in Tajikistan. 

The document provides for increasing the period of stay of Tajik and Kazakh citizens in each other’s countries without registration to 30 day, 24.kz reports.  

Similar rules will be applied to citizens of Kazakhstan intending to visit Tajikistan for a short period.

Besides, Kazakh lawmakers today endorsed the draft law on ratification of a government-to-government agreement between Kazakhstan and Tajikistan on cooperation in the field of migration, which was signed on March 14, 2018.

The Mazhilis also endorsed the draft law on a government-to-government agreement between Kazakhstan and Tajikistan on readmission.