Kazakhstan and Pakistan Held Their First Meeting of the Business Council
The first meeting of the Kazakhstan-Pakistan Business Council took place in Astana at the venue of "National Company "KAZAKH INVEST" JSC. The council was organized to expand contacts between entrepreneurs of the two countries, exchange experiences, and develop export opportunities of Kazakhstan. The event was attended by representatives of the government bodies and business communities of Kazakhstan and Pakistan.
In his opening remarks, Chairman of the Foreign Trade Chamber of Kazakhstan, Ayan Erenov, noted that Pakistan is an important partner of Kazakhstan in South Asia. He stated that the business community of Kazakhstan is ready to join efforts with Pakistani companies to expand economic relations.
Chairman of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Mehmood Ul Hasan Awan, spoke about the importance of developing trade and economic relations, calling on the business communities of both countries to actively interact.
Representatives of the business community of Pakistan expressed a deep interest in the development of mutually beneficial cooperation with Kazakhstan, noting the potential for expanding trade, investments, and joint projects in various sectors of the economy.
In turn, the Director of the Investment Attraction and Marketing Department of KAZAKH INVEST, Nurzhan Abilkhaiyr, spoke about the company's activities, preferences provided by the Government of Kazakhstan, and prospective directions for expanding cooperation between the countries.
"By investing in Kazakhstan, an investor gains access to markets with over a billion consumers, thanks to well-developed logistics. These include China and CIS countries, which can be reached through the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, northern and southern corridors, and other transportation routes. Considering Pakistan's extensive experience in the agro-industrial and pharmaceutical sectors of the economy, as well as import substitution policies, we invite Pakistani companies to implement joint investment projects on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan," summarized N. Abilkhaiyr..
The event also featured speeches by the Director of the Pakistan-Kazakhstan Business Council, Haidar Nausherwan, the Consul General of Pakistan in Kazakhstan, Rao Khalid M Khan, the Director of the International Market Analysis Department of QazTrade JSC, Ozhiet Shegirbayev, and others.
During the meeting, prospective areas of cooperation were identified in sectors such as energy, oil and gas industry, agriculture, transportation, logistics, and others. The participants of the Business Council expressed readiness to actively seek new opportunities for the development of partnership relations and the creation of joint ventures.
