Kazakhstan, Belgium open new areas for cooperation

Kazakhstan, Belgium open new areas for cooperation

Belgium is interested not only in developing economic cooperation with Kazakhstan, but also in learning from the country’s experience in implementing constitutional and parliamentary reforms, promoting interethnic harmony and language policy. This was stated by Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Belgium, Roman Vassilenko, in an exclusive interview. According to him, the first state visit to Kazakhstan by King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians opens up new opportunities for cooperation and further strengthening bilateral ties.

«Belgium views Kazakhstan as a very important trade, economic and investment partner. There is already an understanding here that, amid the global race for critical raw materials, Kazakhstan can be a key partner open to such cooperation. Kazakhstan is also a key link in the Middle Corridor, and Belgium, through the operations of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, one of the key access points to the European market, is interested in establishing cooperation with Kazakhstan,» noted Roman Vassilenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and Head of the Mission of Kazakhstan to the European Union and NATO.