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Gorki - Customs posts on the Russian-Kazakh border will close down on July 1, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Gorki on Thursday.

"We are removing customs posts on the border between Russia and Kazakhstan starting from July 1," he said.

"Meanwhile, Kazakhstan’s southern borders with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan will be reliably protected. One must know that," he added.