Kazakhstan’s Defense Minister Adilbek Dzhaksybekov and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon signed a security-military cooperation pact on Monday in Tel Aviv.“We value Kazakhstan, a country with a will and intention to strengthen cooperation with us,” Ya’alon said during a ceremony after the signing.“This is a first visit by a Kazakhstani defense minister in Israel, and I am sure he will find that we are a small country that is rich in history and in good people. Israel faces one of the highest number of challenges among countries in the world, because of the difficult neighborhood in which we live, but it knows how to defend itself,” Ya’alon added.