The draft Civil Nuclear Agreement with Kazakhstan which envisages cooperation in the area of nuclear fuel, mining and construction of nuclear power plants and collaboration in the hydro carbon sector will come up for discussion during the meeting External Affairs Minister Mr. S.M. Krishna will have with Kazakh leader during his visit to that country starting this evening. A delegation of captains of Indian industry, officials from the Department of Atomic Energy and ONGC will also be accompanying Mr. Krishna on his visit. During his visit Mr. Krishna will have delegation level talks with his Kazakh counterpart Kanat Saudabayev will call on Prime Minister and President of Kazakhstan and address the joint business forum of the two countries. <br/>The External Affairs ministry spokesman Mr. Vishnu Prakash told media in New Delhi that the modalities to take forward cooperation in these areas are being actively discussed between the two sides. The Joint Secretary in the ministry of External Affairs Mr. Ajay Bisaria said that forward movement on the agreement for production in Satpayev oil block is also expected during the visit. The two countries will also be discussing the roadmap for implementation for major initiatives that were outlined during the visit of Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev .Kazakhstan which has initiated an accelerated innovation industrial development programme under which 170 major projects for industrialisation wants India to participate in the multi billion dollar projects. The spokesman said that both sides are keen to draw up a blue print of collaboration in various sectors including Information Technology, Agriculture, Pharmaceuticals, Petro chemicals apart from energy and civil construction. A broadbased cultural exchange agreement will also be discussed. Our correspondent says that Kazakhstan is one of the most important Indian partners in Central Asia. Kazakhstan supports Indian candidature for permanent membership of the UN Security Council. <br/>