The delegation of Kazakhstan visited Kenya

Nairobi, March 12, 2024 - As part of the implementation of the instruction of the President of Kazakhstan following the meeting with the President of Kenya in September 2023 in New York, on March 6-8, 2024, a delegation of Kazakhstan headed by H.E. Erzhan Kazykhan, Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan for External Affairs visited Nairobi (Kenya). The delegation included the heads of the Foreign Chamber of Commerce «Atameken», JSC «QazTrade», JSC «NC «Kazakh Invest», and the sea port «Kuryk».

During the visit, meetings were held with Hon. Musalia Mudavadi, E.G.H., Prime Cabinet Secretary of the Republic of Kenya and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, as well as with the first heads of the Ministries of Trade and Investment, Transport, Information and Tourism of Kenya.

E.Kazykhan presented the Message from H.E. Kassym-Jomart Tokaev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan addressed to H.E. William Ruto, President of Kenya, in which he invited the Kenyan leader to pay a visit to Kazakhstan.

«We attach great importance to bilateral and multilateral cooperation with African countries, and especially with Kenya, which is the sixth trading partner of Kazakhstan in Africa, as well as the international hub of the United Nations», - E.Kazykhan noted. He stressed the growing role of African countries and the African Union in addressing global issues. The parties agreed to work closely in the international arena, recognizing the significant role of Kazakhstan and Kenya as «Middle Powers» for building new trade chains between the regions.

The Kenyan side organized a presentation of the logistics capabilities of cargo delivery and handling in the ports of Mombasa and Lamu, as well as the tasks of the government to transform Kenya into a logistics hub of East Africa, as well as an African e-commerce Hub with access to the 300 million market of the East African Community.

Following the meetings, the parties expressed deep interest in expanding bilateral cooperation in trade and investment, transport and logistics, information and communication, digital, as well as in tourism.

Photo credit: office of the PCS of Kenya

Photo credit: MFDA of Kenya