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#BaiterekHolding creates favourable investment climate, suggests ways to minimize risks in #Kazakhstan market
Baiterek National Managing Holding attracts investments by ensuring support to foreign investors from the initial stages of project development through implementation, Baiterek Chair Aidar Arifkhanov told The Astana Times in an exclusive interview, writes Aidana Yergaliyeva. Baiterek Chair Aidar Arifkhanov Baiterek is the Kazakh government’s key financial agent responsible for the country’s diversification and sustainable […]
New business platform and co-operation agreements to bring #Kazakhstan and EU closer
The leadership of Kazakhstan is committed to further strengthening co-operation with the European Union, and with the start of work by the new European Commission and the full entry into force of the large-scale agreement between Kazakhstan and the EU, this co-operation will receive a significant new impetus, Kazakh Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Roman […]
#EBRD expands funding for renewable energy programme in #Kazakhstan
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide additional funds of up to $328 million to support Kazakhstan as a regional leader in the development of renewable energy through the second phase of its renewable framework, reported the bank’s press service. The framework programme supports the implementation of projects in the field of […]
#Kazakhstan president reaffirms commitment to nuclear-weapons-free world, international dialogue at #UNGA
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev reaffirmed his country’s commitment to seeking a nuclear-weapons-free world in his address to the 24-27 September Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, writes Zhanna Shayakhmetova. Photo credit: Akorda.kz Tokayev, who delivered remarks for the first time as President, said nuclear disarmament has become “an essential […]
Expats give #Kazakhstan high marks in new #InterNations report
Kazakhstan has shown the biggest improvement in the 2019 InterNations Business Solutions Expat Insider report, moving 27 ranks up to 22nd place from 49th spot in 2018. Along with Kazakhstan, Indonesia and Qatar have also shown huge improvements with respective 21 and 20 points up comparing to their 2018 scores – thus being nominated “biggest […]
#Kazakhstan and #China leaders agree to develop long-term strategic partnership
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed during an 11 September meeting in Beijing to “develop a long-term, strategic and comprehensive partnership”, reports The Akorda, writes Dilshat Zhussupova. L-R: Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo credit: akorda.kz. “We believe that China’s success is an important basis for the […]
#Kazakhstan history of peace and #Denuclearization are valuable in time of global risks, says president
As the role of international law and global institutions in maintaining peace and security diminish, Kazakhstan’s history of peace and denuclearization can serve as a valuable model, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev told the 11 September gathering of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, writes Zhanna Shayakhmetova. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev delivers a lecture at the […]
