THE HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF KAZAKHSTAN'S COOPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION
The thirty - year history of Kazakhstan's independence is distinguished not only by socio - economic development, but also by foreign policy. For Kazakhstan, which has chosen its path of development as an independent state, foreign policy has become an important component of state policy. Since the formation of the state strategy of its development path, foreign policy has acquired a multi - vector character. Cooperation with the European Union, as the most important integration Union of the world, occupies a special place in Kazakhstan's multi - vector foreign policy. The article analyzes the necessity, the history of the formation and ways of implementing cooperation between Kazakhstan and the European Union. The significance of Kazakhstan for the European Union will also be differentiated. The place of this cooperation in modern global development is determined.