Issues of cooperation with the Latvian Academy of Sciences were discussed

On August 20, 2021, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Latvia Timur Primbetov met with the President of the Latvian Academy of Sciences Ivars Kalvins. The meeting was also attended by the Director of the Institute of Economics of the Academy of Sciences Nina Linde.

During the conversation, a thorough exchange of views took place on the further development of mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries in the field of science and innovation, enhancing interaction between the scientific circles of Kazakhstan and Latvia.

I. Kalvins told about the activities of the Latvian Academy, priority directions of development of fundamental and applied science, research projects on the problems of natural, technical, humanitarian and social sciences that contribute to the economic and technological development of Latvia.

T. Primbetov, for his part, acquainted the interlocutors with the political and socio-economic reforms in Kazakhstan, carried out under the leadership of President of the country K. Tokayev, the success of Kazakhstan in the development of domestic science. One example is the development and production of its own COVID-19 vaccine.

The parties noted with satisfaction the mutual interest and high level of contacts between Kazakhstani and Latvian scientists.

At the end of the meeting, I.Kalvins conveyed an invitation to take part in the IV International Economic Forum "Economy of the Future: Challenges of Globalization Facing Europe and the Baltic States in the 21st Century," which will be held on September 17, 2021, at the Latvian Academy of Sciences.