Kazakhstan, U.S. aim at strengthening economic partnership

AKIPRESS.COM - On his first day of the official visit to the U.S., Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Beibut Atamkulov held business breakfast with the members of the "US-Kazakhstan Business Association" and series of meetings with the CEO-s of major American companies and corporations, the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan reports.
The Minister informed American business community about recent events that took place in Kazakhstan.
The President of International Tax and Investment Center Daniel Witt, having recently visited Kazakhstan as an independent observer during the presidential elections, highlighted the significant progress in ensuring free and fair elections.
Atamkulov emphasized that given President Kassym Jomart Tokayev's policy on diversification of national economy, Kazakhstan is interested in large attraction of American experience and capital for realization of major high tech projects including processing and manufacturing industries, development of infrastructure, agriculture, communications and IT technologies.
Kazakhstan is interested in further developing cooperation with American companies and attracting American investments and advanced technologies in the construction of petrochemical enterprises.
"We highly appreciate the successful work of the company on projects for the development of Tengiz and Kashagan fields. These projects are important to the country. Kazakhstan is interested in the implementation of full-scale development of Kashagan and increasing oil production", the Minister noted.
The USA remains one of the largest investors in the economy of Kazakhstan and is considered by our country as a source of innovations and advanced developments in various sectors of the world economy.