A regional conference on cooperation with Kazakhstan and EAEU countries was held in Slovakia

Žilina, November 7, 2024 – The Embassy of Kazakhstan in Slovakia, together with the Žilina Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry held an international conference on Economic relations with the Republic of Kazakhstan and other EAEU member states, which was attended by experts from the Eurasian Economic Commission, diplomats, representatives of the business community, and the media.

Welcoming the participants of the event, Head of the Žilina Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry Pavol Vitek emphasized the growing interest of regional business in the development of trade and economic ties with Kazakhstan and member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union. He expressed hope that the conference will serve to expand opportunities for business cooperation and strengthen Slovakia's interregional ties in the eastern direction.

Ambassador of Kazakhstan Tolezhan Barlybayev told about the results of the 10th meeting of the Kazakh-Slovak Intergovernmental Commission on Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation, held on October 3-4 in Astana.

Noting the positive dynamics of mutual trade growth, the diplomat called on Slovak entrepreneurs to actively enter the Kazakhstan market and told them about favourable conditions for doing business, such as investment preferences, low energy and labour costs, as well as access to large markets in neighbouring countries and a rapidly developing transport and logistics infrastructure. Commenting on the results of the 10-year activity of the EAEU, the Ambassador reminded that the initiative of its creation belongs to Kazakhstan and noted that over the past years the EAEU GDP has increased 14%, and the volume of mutual trade reached $90 billion.

Eurasian Economic Commission experts Dmitry Ezhov and Igor Maximov presented a detailed analysis of the EAEU's activities over ten years, describing the priority goals and main objectives of the integration association's development in the medium term.

During the economic conference, bilateral B2B meetings were held with the heads of a number of Slovak companies interested in cooperation with Kazakhstan and other EAEU countries.