Kazakhstan expanding co-op with EU in number of new areas
Kazakhstan is expanding cooperation with the European Union in a number of new directions, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Roman Vasilenko.
He noted that Kazakhstan remains the only country in the region that has signed and ratified the enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the EU and its member states, and also added that the country is not limited to the 29 areas of interaction defined by this agreement.
At the same time, the deputy minister stressed that last year Kazakhstan and the EU launched cooperation in such areas as rare earth metals, "green" hydrogen, batteries, development of transport and logistics potential, as well as diversification of supply chains of goods.
According to him, at the moment more than 3,000 companies with the participation of European capital are successfully operating in various sectors of the economy, including such global giants as Shell, Eni, Total, Amazonen-Werke, Air Liquide, Alstom and Carlsberg.
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