On April 2, 2021, Deputy Chair of the Board of the Foreign Policy Research Institute Manarbek Kabaziyev gave an interview for the "7 Kun" program (7 days) of the Khabar channel under the topic "Eastern Vector" about relations between Kazakhstan and China. The diplomat emphasized that "the settlement of border issues was of fundamental and paramount state importance for Kazakhstan. Reaching an agreement on the border was put at the forefront of our good-neighborliness."
In 1999, the border issue, inherited from the Soviet Union, was completely resolved. And this was achieved largely due to China's constructive and friendly attitude towards the young state."