Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Kazakhstan opens in Florence

Florence, 2 December 2022. The Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Tuscany Region was opened in Florence, Italy. Mr. Federico Albini, Managing Director of Albini e Pitigliani Spa was appointed Honorary Consul. The event was attended by the Ambassador of Kazakhstan in Italy Yerbolat Sembayev, Italy Deputy Foreign Minister and International Cooperation Giorgio Silli, the President of Tuscany Region Eugenio Giani, the Mayor of Florence Dario Nardella, as well as senators and deputies, representatives of the business community of Tuscany region.

Stressing the high level of relations between the two countries, Ambassador Yerbolat Sembayev said that Italy was the largest trade and economic partner of Kazakhstan in Europe. Over 30 years the Italian investments in our country’s economy has reached more than $15 billion. In the first nine months of this year, total mutual trade totalled $11.9 billion.

The Kazakh diplomat also highlighted the importance of opening an Honorary Consulate of Kazakhstan in the region of Tuscany, one of the country’s biggest industrial, cultural and tourist areas. According to him, this will allow our countries to boost cooperation in implementing joint projects in agriculture, machine-building, petrochemical and textile industries.

In turn, Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Giorgio Silli highly appreciated cooperation between our countries, stressing that this year Kazakhstan and Italy mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. He also noted successful activities of Italian companies in Kazakhstan.

The president of the Tuscany region, Eugenio Giani, who also addressed the participants of the event, pointed out Kazakhstan’s high economic and investment potential, and drew attention to our country’s fast pace of development.

The Honorary Consul of Kazakhstan in Toscana Federico Albini thanked for the high trust by the Kazakh side, and expressed readiness to intensify economic and cultural-humanitarian interaction of Kazakhstan with the region.

Besides, a concert programme was organised by artists of Philharmonic of Shamshi Kaldayakov Philharmonic of Turkestan region, who performed Kazakh folk songs. As part of the programme, world-renowned Kazakh opera singer Maria Mudryak performed for the guests of the event.