Prime Minister Askar Mamin received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Kazakhstan Tatsuhiko Kasai in Ukimet Uyi.

During the conversation, topical issues of trade, economic and investment cooperation were discussed. In 2018, the trade turnover between Kazakhstan and Japan grew by 54% and amounted to $2 billion.

The prospects of synergy between the economies of Kazakhstan and Japan in the areas of investment, agriculture, technology, and innovation were considered. In this direction, the parties discussed the possibility of holding the Kazakh-Japanese business forum, which will become a platform for deepening business ties between entrepreneurs of the two countries and finding new investment opportunities.

Mamin stressed the importance of developing strategic partnership and confirmed the interest of Kazakhstan to increase cooperation in the field of technological development. This will increase labor productivity in industrial enterprises and will give new impetus to bilateral cooperation.

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