Astana. February 11. Kazakhstan Today - The National Scientific-Technological Holding Samgau and French company Thales Group concluded memorandum of mutual understanding in the area of development of information-technological services in Kazakhstan, the agency reports referring to the press service of Samgau Holding on Friday. According to the press service, the document was signed by the chairman of the board of Samgau Holding Azamat Abdymomunov and the chairman of the board of the company Thales Group Deni Rank. "The parties agreed to cooperate and develop strategic business-relations to achieve common interests in technical and commercial questions by development joint projects," the press service informed. The document underlines that priority directions of joint cooperation are the projects in the area of e- government, e-medicine and e-education, including participation in creation of the innovative-educational consortium, in the field of development of satellite technologies, in particular, ground-based segments of satellite communication and broadband access to the Internet and digital cities." Thales Group is one of world leaders in information-technological and aerospace spheres and in the sphere of creation of security systems.