Along the Silk Road

Pavlodar can be a member of the Silk Road Association, which includes the cities located along the Silk Road. The secretary general Rajesh Kumar met with akim of Pavlodar region Bulat Bakauov and offered the region to join the international organization.

As it turned out, representatives of the Silk Road Association visited the exhibition center “Invest in Pavlodar” in Astana and decided to see Pavlodar region.

“The Silk Road is the important historic route for trade and cooperation. Pavlodar is geographically well situated – on the border with Russia and not far from China. It is very attractive for the manufacturing enterprises. Taking into account that Pavlodar region is one of the leaders of Kazakhstan in the manufacturing industry, it is important that local students can exchange experience with students of the foreign universities and have international practice. The largest world universities are the members of our Association. We have already given five grants to Pavlodar State University to study in Nanking State University”, Rajesh Kumar said.

“Pavlodar will be a member of the Silk Road Association with pleasure. After the region can organize the annual symposium of the members of the international organization, which usually takes place in the Chinese city – Xi’an”, Bulat Bakauov noted.

By the way, the guests said that they were ready to cooperate with Pavlodar in the alternative energy. The Honorary President of the Turkish Wind Energy Association Durak Murat, who visited Pavlodar region for the first time, shared his opinion that Pavlodar region had places for installation of wind turbines. In case of support, he promised to implement a pilot project in the field of wind energy in the region.3