Konnichiwa!

Akim of Pavlodar region met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Kazakhstan Ichiro Kawabata. The parties discussed the implementation of the program “Grass roots”, initiated by Japan as well as bilateral cooperation.

The program “Grass roots” is aimed at supporting the projects of non-profit organizations and providing direct assistance to population. It has worked in Pavlodar region for 20 years. The last project, implemented in our region, is repair of the ventilation system of Ekibastuz TB hospital. The cost of the project is more than KZ 15 mln. Thanks to participation in the “Grass roots” program, the necessary sanitary and epidemiological conditions have been created in TB hospital. Having met with the ambassador of Japan, the head of the region told about readiness to continue the work on the program.

“Pavlodar region is an industrial and economically developed region and, therefore, I am sure that it will be interesting for Japan businessmen to develop and strengthen all directions of cooperation. We invite businessmen from Japan to consider our region as a production platform to enter the markets of Central Asia and Middle East. The developed transport infrastructure allows us to speak about the significant transit potential of the region as an important transport hub at the junction of Central Asia and Siberia. We actively support the development and strengthening of our cooperation and are ready to discuss any issues of cooperation”, akim noted.

Bulat Bakauov invited the diplomatic official to the exhibition hall “Invest in Pavlodar” (Astana, late May). It will work during EXPO-2017. Ichiro Kawabata promised to visit the hall and expressed the hope that the international exhibition would create new conditions for the development of business between Japan and Kazakhstan.