Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao and Mayor of Kazakhstan’s Nur-Sultan city Altay Kulginov have signed an agreement to launch an ADB-supported clean technology project to be implemented in Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan’s government is implementing a number of measures for increase investments into the country’s energy sector, a representative of Kazakh Invest National Company JSC told Trend.

The ministers of agriculture of Kazakhstan Saparkhan Omarov and his colleague from Uzbekistan Zhamshid Khojaev signed a roadmap for enhancing cooperation between the two countries in the field of agriculture.

The concept of the transition to the ‘green’ economy in Kazakhstan sets goals for decrease of CO2 emissions in electricity production, Member of the Directors Board of the Kazakhstan’s Solar Energy Association Yernar Bilyalov told Trend.

While overall situation in Kazakhstan has changed, the key challenges remain, International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Mission Chief for Kazakhstan Mark Horton told Trend.

Kazakhstan’s QazTech Ventures JSC (QTV) is to have participation worth $10 million in Quest Ventures Asia Fund II venture fund, a representative of QazTech Ventures JSC told Trend.

A delegation of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan (UIET) took part in the IX Central Asian Trade Forum in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, Trend reports referring to the UIET.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has departed for the UAE on a working visit, Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani Foreign Affairs Ministry on Nov. 15.

Azerbaijani Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov will visit Kazakhstan, Trend reports on Nov. 14 referring to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Energy.

Kazakhstan's economy has been showing upward growth trend in the recent years.