a.k.l. bek japarov in strengthening the alliance and developing strategic relations between the countries, well he presented the award to the deputy chairman of the russian government alexey overchuk, who met with japarov in iisykul as part of the kyrgyz-russian economic forum. its participants discussed key vectors of cooperation, both at the state level and at the level of joint business initiatives. among the key projects are the construction of a multimodal transport corridor, which will speed up trade turnover. in total, agreements worth 20 billion soms were signed. the armed forces of kazakhstan conducted large-scale exercises in the zhambyl region. over 3,000 personnel, 800 units of equipment, be it armored vehicles, artillery guns or aircraft, were involved in the maneuvers called aibolta 2024. moreover, in addition to standard shooting , the military also worked out scenarios for urgent transfer from one region to another. an outbreak of anthrax was recorded in the almaty region, which infected at least eleven people. the source of the disease was slaughtered cattle from ulken aksu. an