More than 50 Slovak companies are interested in cooperation with Kazakhstan

BRATISLAVA, September 29, 2020 – More than 50 Slovak companies showed great interest in trade and economic cooperation with our country, as they took part in the webinar on the topic “Opportunities for business cooperation with Kazakhstan”, organized by the Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency (SARIO) with support from the embassies of both countries in Bratislava and Nur-Sultan, accordingly, and from the KazakhInvest national company.

Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Slovakia Roman Vassilenko, Ambassador of Slovakia to Kazakhstan Milan Kollar and the economic counselor of the embassy Jan Galozzi, a number of high-ranking representatives of KazakhInvest specializing in various economy sectors participated in the webinar. As part of the webinar, the speakers spoke in detail about potential development of trade and economic relations between countries, the efforts of the government of Kazakhstan, on the way of creating most favourable conditions for development of private entrepreneurship.

The speeches and presentations of the panelists were followed with answers to questions of the participants of the webinar, representing a wide range of spheres of Slovak economy, including pharmaceuticals, the manufacture of protective equipment for medical staff, glass production, the construction industry, the production of pumps and dredging equipment, equipment for cableways and much more.

The webinar yet again showed the presence of significant potential for further development of mutually beneficial trade-economic cooperation. Interestingly, an interactive poll, organized among webinar participants by SARIO, revealed the entrepreneurs’ inclination to participate in a business mission to Kazakhstan (56 %), exhibitions (59%) and online B2B meetings with business partners in Kazakhstan (59%). At the same time, only 33% would like to take part in the webinar again, which suggests that this form of communication, which has become widespread in connection with the coronavirus pandemic, is a weak substitute for real communication, which plays a vital role in the world of diplomacy, as well as in the business world.