The governor of Almaty met with the chairman of Japanese parliamentary friendship league Japan-Kazakhstan

During the meeting, the Almaty city’s governor noted that thanks to the policy of the Head of State, Japan became one of the strategic partners for Kazakhstan. Only for 5 months of this year the commodity circulation between the megacity and the country of the rising sun increased by 60%. There are 14 joint and 21 Japanese enterprises registered in the city. The Japanese business club and the Japanese industrial park are being created, the second stage of the project "Tokyo Rope Almaty’’. There is an active interaction between Tokyo and Almaty: in both cities, development programs are realized until 2020, the priority being safety and comfort for all social strata of the population.

In turn, Takeo Kawamura stressed that the strengthening of reciprocal economic relations will contribute not only to the transfer of technology, knowledge, finance, but also the rapprochement of the two cultures.

"The President of Kazakhstan is widely respected in the international arena due to his initiatives, under his leadership the country is developing rapidly. I had a chance to visit to Almaty in 1993. Since then the city has not been recognized, it has become even more beautiful and better. Almaty marked the millennium anniversary, which contributed to its greater recognition and strengthened the interest of foreign tourists, including Japanese tourists. Our city of Kyoto also has a deep history, I think it is necessary to develop the cultural and tourist potential of the two cities", - said the deputy of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Japan.

During the meeting, Takeo Kawamura noted the success of the EXPO 2017 in Astana, noting that Japan also claimed to host this important international event in Osaka City in 2025.

Created on the basis of the first visit of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N.A. Nazarbayev in the Land of the Rising Sun in 1994, the Japan Parliamentary Friendship League Japan-Kazakhstan unites friendly deputies of the two chambers of the Parliament of Japan representing various political parties in relation to the Republic. Members of the league regularly meet to discuss the state and prospects of bilateral cooperation. Depending on the subject of the meeting, the League secretariat can also invite representatives of relevant ministries and departments of Japan to their meetings.