Issues of economic cooperation with Belarus discussed in the Akimat of Karaganda region

A business delegation from Belarus headed by Chairman of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee Alexander Turchin visited the Karaganda region. During the trip to the region, the guests were accompanied by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Kazakhstan Pavel Yutyupin.

At the meeting with the head of the region Zhenis Kasymbek, issues of expanding economic cooperation were discussed. Commercial contracts were concluded between the enterprises of the regions.

– The overall high level of strategic partnership achieved in recent years, regular meetings have made it possible to intensify and increase the scale of economic cooperation between the two countries. The Karaganda region has established and is developing interregional ties with the regions of Belarus," Zhenis Kasymbek said.

There are 22 joint ventures in different industries in the region: trade, manufacturing, transport and warehousing, construction, etc. By the end of 2021, the region's foreign trade turnover with Belarus amounted to 100 million US dollars. The region exports coal, flat rolled iron, ferroalloys, ferrous metal products, oil and petroleum products, rice.

Imported means of land transport, wood pulp, products, building materials.

Zhenis Kasymbek noted that more than 10 thousand Belarusians live in the multinational Karaganda region. The head of the region proposed to develop a business partnership.

– Today the range of our cooperation is very wide. It does not end only with industrial enterprises. There is a cooperation agreement between Minsk and Karaganda regions. I propose to create a roadmap and move on, – said the chairman of the Minsk regional executive Committee Alexander Turchin.

The meeting ended with the signing of a number of commercial contracts between enterprises of Minsk and Karaganda regions. They relate to the supply of cheese and dairy products.