Vienna, April 25-26, 2022 – The Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Vienna hosted a meeting of the Honorary Consuls of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Austria and Slovenia with the participation of representatives of the Austrian foreign policy and economic departments, the Vice-President of the Austrian Chamber of Economics, and the Chamber's trade representative in Almaty. The day before, a meeting was held with representatives of the leading Austrian media.
During the past meetings, Ambassador of Kazakhstan Kairat Umarov familiarized the interlocutors in detail with the program of political reforms and several significant social and economic measures aimed at improving the economic and financial climate in the country's efforts to improve the investment attractiveness of Kazakhstan. The interlocutors paid a special attention to the further expansion of trade and economic cooperation and the restoration of people to people and business contacts in the post-pandemic period.
The participants noted that, despite the January events, Kazakhstan has quickly stabilized the situation in the country and remains the most stable and an investment-attractive country in the region.
They positively assessed the large-scale reforms of the Head of State aimed at democratic and economic transformations, which the stated deadlines should be implemented. It was stated that the reforms are welcome and create a favorable climate for cooperation and building up business contacts.
The Kazakh diplomat also informed about promoting interfaith harmony and inter-civilizational dialogue in Kazakhstan and also about upcoming the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions on September 14-15, 2022, in Nur-Sultan, which is expected to participate the Head of the Roman Catholic Church Pope Francis and delegations of leading religious organizations and representatives of states.
The Austrian side took the idea of holding the conference very positively, especially in the difficult geopolitical conditions of today, noting the contribution and efforts of Kazakhstan to the development of dialogue between cultures, maintaining peace and stability, promoting interreligious and interfaith harmony. The hope was expressed that a religious forum with such high participation would help in promoting peace and harmony in the international arena.
During the events, the parties touched upon topical issues on the economic and international agenda, including the situation in Ukraine.