A meeting between President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić and Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov took place at the Government of Kazakhstan. In follow-up to the high-level talks, measures to further expand trade and economic cooperation were reviewed.

Particular attention was paid to cooperation in investment, transport and logistics, the digital sector and artificial intelligence, industry, construction, agriculture, tourism, education, and other areas.

“Today you held productive and constructive negotiations with the Head of our State, Kassym-Jomart Kemelovich Tokayev. The Government of Kazakhstan will take special control over the implementation of all agreements reached at the highest level. According to our data, in 2025 bilateral trade amounted to $107.7 million, increasing by 7.6% compared to last year. This indicator provides a solid foundation for achieving even more significant results. We intend to give this process a systematic and long-term character,” Olzhas Bektenov emphasized.

President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić reaffirmed his commitment to developing partnership with Kazakhstan in promising areas such as energy, defense industry, construction, civil aviation, artificial intelligence and information technology, as well as education.

“President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and I will personally oversee all partnership processes. We are aware of how actively our governments are involved. We are interested in Kazakhstan’s experience in education. In this regard, we would like to invite Kazakhstani experts to Serbia to share their experience in opening campuses of foreign universities, developing dual education, and organizing student training abroad,” President Vučić stated.

During the meeting, significant potential for expanding cooperation in digital transformation was highlighted. As part of the Year of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence announced by the Head of State, Kazakhstan is forming a modern digital ecosystem. Two supercomputing clusters have been launched in Central Asia, the International Artificial Intelligence Center Alem.ai has been established, and the pilot CryptoCity zone is being implemented, among other initiatives.

In discussing transport integration, attention was given to the development of the Middle Corridor and Kazakhstan’s efforts to build new infrastructure, including railway and road networks, maritime terminals, and international aviation hubs.

Prospects for deepening partnership in the agro-industrial sector were also noted, including cooperation in breeding and seed production. Olzhas Bektenov emphasized the readiness of Kazakhstani producers to export a wide range of high-quality agricultural products and to cooperate in processing. In light of the upcoming EXPO 2027 in Belgrade, the Kazakh side expressed readiness to share experience gained during the specialized exhibition held in Astana in 2017.

Following the meeting, Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov and President Aleksandar Vučić reaffirmed their commitment to dynamic development and strengthening of bilateral cooperation across all promising areas.

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As part of his official visit to Kazakhstan, President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić visited an exhibition of Kazakhstan’s defense industry, including joint Kazakh–Serbian defense projects, the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), and the International Artificial Intelligence Center Alem.ai.

At the AIFC, key areas of activity were presented, including investment attraction tools, transaction structuring, capital market development, and support for international projects. Particular attention was paid to business support infrastructure. AIFC Governor Renat Bekturov reported that the total volume of investments attracted through the AIFC has exceeded $20 billion to date.

At Alem.ai, President Vučić was introduced to Kazakhstan’s systematic approach to developing the digital sector and AI technologies.

The President of Serbia was presented with domestic developments and AI startups. At Astana Hub, attention was focused on the support system for IT startups and cooperation with leading global companies. Kazakhstani startups presented included BestVision, developing smart helmets with AI monitoring, video analytics, and tracking solutions for industry and mining; KazDream in software, data analytics, and AI; Documentolog, a national cloud-based electronic document management automation service; QazTwin, a digital twin platform for industrial facilities; Axellero, a low-code platform for creating AI agents and multi-agent systems; and others.

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