Germany is interested in expanding comprehensive economic cooperation with Kazakhstan

During a working visit to Berlin, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi met with Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany Heiko Maas to compare notes on the implementation of bilateral agreements reached last December during the first official visit of President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Germany. The parties also discussed the schedules of upcoming meetings at both high and the highest levels.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas praised the reforms carried out by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the fields of freedom of peaceful assembly, establishing political parties, abolition of death penalty, etc. 

In addition, Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi held a number of bilateral meetings with leaders of the largest companies in Germany and discussed the possibilities of enhancing cooperation and conducting specific projects in waste management, development of the transport and logistics business, digitalization and information technologies.

German businessmen highlighted the practical results of the December visit of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Germany, the unique conditions of support he offered to German companies and the creation of an ad hoc working group for interaction with German investors chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

On the same day, by the invitation of the German side, the Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan spoke as an honored guest at the New Year reception of the German Eastern Business Association (OAOEV). The event was also attended by heads of state bodies of the Federal Republic of Germany, countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, heads of leading German companies and business associations.