Ambassador of Kazakhstan met with the Minister of Economy of Armenia

Yerevan, February 14, 2022 - Ambassador of Kazakhstan Bolat Imanbayev met with the Minister of Economy of Armenia, Co-Chairman of the Intergovernmental Kazakh-Armenian Commission on Economic Cooperation Vahan Kerobyan. During the conversation, the Ambassador informed about the measures taken by the Government of Kazakhstan to further develop the socio-economic and political situation in the country. Particular attention was paid to explaining the course of economic and democratic reforms of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, as well as attracting foreign investment and the inviolability of Kazakhstan's international obligations.

In turn, the Armenian side expressed support for the policy of the leadership of Kazakhstan and readiness to further strengthen mutually beneficial relations between the countries. In this context, the parties discussed issues of expanding bilateral trade, economic and investment cooperation, as well as the process of implementing the Protocol of the 8th meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission of May 26, 2021 and the work plan for 2022. Noting the high growth dynamics of bilateral trade in 2021, the Minister spoke about the need to intensify trade, economic and investment cooperation using the great potential and growth prospects in the Eurasian integration space. The parties stressed that the interests of the two countries coincide on many issues of the economic agenda, noted the importance of exchanging experience, further establishing business contacts and searching for new opportunities.

Ambassador B.Imanbayev, on behalf of the leadership of Kazakhstan, presented V.Kerobyan with the medal "30 years of Independence of Kazakhstan" for a great contribution to the development of the Kazakh-Armenian economic cooperation․