Dutch business delegation visits Aktobe region for expanding economic ties

With the support of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Dutch business delegation visited the Aktobe region.

 

During the visit, more than 20 representatives of Dutch businesses, led by the Mayor of Westland Municipality Bouke Arends, participated in the international conference "Aqtobe Greenary”. At the event they shared their best practices and reached agreements on joint business development with Kazakhstani partners.

 

During the visit, representatives of the delegation also met with the Akim of the Aktobe region, Yeraly Tugzhanov. During the meeting, the issues of strengthening economic ties and implementing joint investment projects were discussed. Yeraly Tugzhanov, presented the project "Auyl amanats" and expressed interest in exchanging experience with the Dutch colleagues in the agricultural sector. In addition, data on the greenhouse sector of the region were presented at the meeting: there are 40 greenhouse farms with a total area of 53 hectares, the main products of which are agricultural crops. The Akim also emphasized the presence of available deposits of solid minerals. Moreover, the possibilities of implementing niche projects, expanding scientific ties and academic mobility between educational institutions in the region and universities in the Netherlands were considered.

 

As a result of the meeting, the parties signed a memorandum of understanding between the Aktobe region and the Municipality of Westland. According to the memorandum, the parties expressed their readiness to cooperate in the development of greenhouses and related industries, as well as establishing permanent contacts between investment, trade, educational and tourism institutions of the two regions.