As part of his working trip to Aktobe region, Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov familiarised himself with the production capacities of a number of industrial enterprises, on the example of which he checked the effectiveness of measures to support domestic business and the progress of implementation of the tasks set by the Head of State in his Address.
In fulfilment of the Head of State's Address to the people of Kazakhstan "Economic Course of Fair Kazakhstan", the Government is working on the implementation of the Roadmap for the removal of bottlenecks and development of the Middle Corridor until 2027 between Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkey and between Kazakhstan and Georgia, which will increase the capacity of the corridor to 10 million tonnes per year.
Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov during his working trip to Zhetisu region got acquainted with the development of transport and logistics industry, which occupies a share of 7% in the structure of the region's economy.
Deputy Minister of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin and General Director of the Agency of Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Mammetkhan Chakyev held a bilateral meeting to discuss prospects for cooperation in the transport sector.
Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov held a meeting with the Governor of the Tyumen region of the Russian Federation Alexander Moor.
The 21st meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Bilateral Cooperation was held in Almaty under the chairmanship of the Prime Ministers of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Olzhas Bektenov and Abdulla Aripov.
Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov, the 15th meeting of the dialogue platform "Kazakhstan-EU" was held with the participation of Ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union in Kazakhstan Kestutis Jankauskas and heads of diplomatic missions of EU countries.
Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov familiarised himself with the transport, logistics and industrial potential of Almaty region.
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov held a meeting with the Chairman of the Board of Rhenus Group Tobias Bartz on cooperation in the transport and logistics sector.
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov paid a working visit to Ankara. The main goal is to ensure the qualitative development of Kazakhstan-Turkey cooperation and reveal the potential of cooperation in new promising industries to achieve the task set by the Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to accelerate economic growth of the country.
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov met with the Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan of the Russian Federation Radiy Khabirov, who arrived in Astana with a delegation.
To provide comprehensive state support to SMEs, e-commerce training centers will be opened in all regions of the country. They are already operating in four western regions. This was announced at the Government session by the Minister of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan Arman Shakkaliyev.
At the Government session chaired by Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov the issues of further development of e-commerce were considered.
Further steps to strengthen trade and economic relations between Kazakhstan and the European Union discussed Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov and Vice President of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas.
A total of 52 checkpoints are functioning along the perimeter of the state border, modernization works are carried out synchronously with neighboring countries within the framework of road maps. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Transport Satzhan Ablaliyev at the Government session.
Issues of development of road freight transportation and transit were considered at the Government session under the chairmanship of Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov.
