Paragraph 5 Secretariat

An official of the European External Action Service and an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall act jointly as secretaries of the Cooperation Committee. They shall execute secretarial tasks jointly and in a spirit of mutual trust and cooperation, unless these Rules of Procedure provide otherwise.

An official of the European Commission and an official of the Republic of Kazakhstan who are responsible for trade and trade-related matters shall act jointly as secretaries of the Cooperation Committee in trade configuration.