Almas Aidarov met with the Deputy Minister of Economy of the Federative Republic of Brazil Cayo Mario Paes de Andrade

Brasilia, November 25, 2021 - within the framework of the working visit of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Almas Aidarov to the Federative Republic of Brazil, he met with the Deputy Minister of Economy Cayo Mario Paes de Andrade.

The parties discussed the current status of economic cooperation between Kazakhstan and Brazil and ways to increase it, taking into account the existing potential of the two countries by increasing the volume and diversification of the range of mutual trade, as well as implementing joint investment projects. The interlocutors also discussed the transport and transit potential of the two countries for the delivery of goods.

Almas Aidarov, highly assessing the current level of bilateral cooperation, stressed Kazakhstan's interest in deepening it, in particular, expanding interaction in the field of mutual trade, agriculture, mining and manufacturing industries, as well as attracting Brazilian investments to the economy of our country. The Kazakh diplomat also informed about the creation of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Trade and Economic Cooperation and invited the Brazilian economic department to close cooperation.

In turn, Cayo Mario Paes de Andrade, recognizing the importance of strengthening economic interaction, welcomed the creation of a Working Group in the field of trade and economy at the level of the Deputy Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil in order to enter the exporters of the two countries into local markets, as well as the Business Committee, co-chaired by the Kazakhstani Center for Industry and Export «QazIndustry» and the Brazilian National Industrial Confederation (CNI).