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.
Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov familiarised himself with the transport, logistics and industrial potential of Almaty region.
The Minister of Trade and Integration Arman Shakkaliyev reported on measures to support domestic exporters of non-resource products at the Government session chaired by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov.
The Head of the Government of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov and Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim held in Astana Kazakhstan-Malaysian investment round table with the participation of representatives of business communities and academia of the two countries.
Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov met with the Head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Aysen Nikolayev, who arrived on a visit to Astana to participate in the opening ceremony of the Days of the Republic of Sakha in Kazakhstan.
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin and Chairman of the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China Erkin Tuniyaz discussed cooperation in agriculture and the introduction of water-saving technologies that increase productivity in the industry from 30 to 70%.
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.
On December 25, 2023, on the margins of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in St. Petersburg, a free trade agreement was signed between the Eurasian Economic Union and its member states on the one hand and the Islamic Republic of Iran on the other.
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.
Issues of development of commodity exchanges were considered at the Government session chaired by Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov.
Construction of a new railway line Darbaza – Maktaaral with a length of 152 km started in Turkestan region. Alikhan Smailov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, gave an official start to the works in the mode of teleconference.
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov arrived in Uzbekistan on behalf of the Head of State to participate in the 16th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization. On the eve of the event in Tashkent, Alikhan Smailov met with the President of the country Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
The 12th meeting of the dialogue platform "Kazakhstan-European Union" with the participation of leaders of central government agencies and representatives of the diplomatic corps was held in Astana, chaired by Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov.
Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Trade and Integration Serik Zhumangarin took part in the 98th meeting of the CIS Economic Council in Moscow.
New measures in the field of consumer protection were considered at the Government session, chaired by Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov.
