Foreign Ministry receives the Italian Ambassador to Kazakhstan

Nur-Sultan May 26, 2022 – Akan Rakhmetullin, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, received Italian Ambassador Marco Alberti.

This year, Kazakhstan and Italy mark the 30th anniversary of their diplomatic relations. Over three decades of cooperation, the countries have established close ties across the entire spectrum of bilateral cooperation, including political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres.

The diplomats exchanged views on a wide range of pressing issues on the international agenda.

In addition, the parties, noting the growing mutual interest in reinforcing bilateral cooperation, agreed to actively contribute to the development of intergovernmental and interparliamentary ties and discussed plans for organizing mutual visits at the highest and high levels. In this context, the counterparts paid special attention to the upcoming visit of Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi to Italy.

Taking into account the positive dynamics of bilateral trade and direct Italian investments to Kazakhstan, the parties underlined the need to further enhance the partnership in this direction. Italy is one of major investors in the Kazakh economy. According to the National Bank of Kazakhstan, Italy invested $122.8 million in Kazakhstan in 2021. Mutual trade turnover between our countries amounted to $9.6 billion in 2021. ($8.8 billion in exports and $0.8 billion in imports).