KIEV, March 31 – President Viktor Yanukovych is considering the possibility of visiting Kazakhstan in the near future, he said at a meeting with OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Kazakh Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev in Kiev on Wednesday.

"We are currently considering a proposal by the Kazakh side on my visit to Kazakhstan in the near future," Yanukovych said.

He also passed an invitation to his Kazakh counterpart to visit Ukraine at any convenient time.