Bakhyt Sultanov: Negotiations in Kiev (part 3)

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Together with the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Ukraine Darkhan Kaletayev, we held meetings with Ukrainian business and business associations. We discussed joint projects: ours in Ukraine and Ukrainian ones in Kazakhstan.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs, the Ukrainian Association of Business and Trade put logistics as the main issue of deepening ties. We discussed the need to" connect " the existing and alternative channels, including the trans-Caspian route, according to the tariffs. Taking into account our plans to activate in the European direction, and the Ukrainian ones - to China and further to Asia, this route becomes particularly important.

We discussed the areas of joint Kazakh-Ukrainian business.

The Ukrainian Association of Business and Trade includes pharmaceutical companies that have expressed interest in cooperation in terms of experience in creating vaccines. For Ukrainians, this may mark the beginning of the development of an entire industry in pharmacology for a wide range of infections, since they do not yet have a base for developing vaccines.

We decided to intensify our work within the framework of the Business Council. As my interlocutors said, the main thing is that the business should have the opportunity to combine efforts and work, and that no one interferes with it.

By the way, considering Kazakhstan as a location for entering China, Ukrainians highly appreciate the efforts of our QazTrade to support exporters. And they even count on his services, planning their investments in export-oriented business in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

I held negotiations with a large business in animal husbandry. Now we are working on their location in Kazakhstan. They will bring us not only technologies and investments, but most importantly - jobs. By the way, Ukrainian animal breeders are considering the issues of placing not only farms here, but also developing them according to a cluster approach: feed supply and breeding, veterinary medicine, processing of products. In general, a full cycle.

Here we have the potential for cattle and pig breeding with access to export to China and the Pacific region.

We also agreed to develop cooperation on the introduction of modern technologies in the agro-industrial complex: The efficiency of Ukrainian agriculture is very high, and we have a lot to learn.

In general, I saw a high interest of Ukrainian business in working together with Kazakhstan. First of all, in the creation of a joint venture in Kazakhstan and the joint expansion of third-country markets.