Relations between Kazakhstan and Germany are becoming a bridge between Central Asia and Europe. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke about this at a Business Forum in Berlin. The Head of State identified industrial cooperation as one of the key areas of the Kazakhstan-Germany partnership. Kazakhstan is ready to expand cooperation with German companies in machine-tool manufacturing, engineering, robotics, and production digitalization.
«During my visit, agreements were reached on the supply of domestically manufactured engineering products to the German market, including railway wheels produced using German equipment. These examples point to the next stage of our economic relationship. We should move from individual success stories towards a systemic industrial partnership. For this purpose, Kazakhstan is ready to launch a Kazakhstan-Germany Investment and Industrial Initiative, centered on a single portfolio of flagship projects,» Kassym-Jomart Tokayev noted.
Kazakhstan also intends to strengthen its partnership with Germany in the areas of critical raw materials, agriculture, and artificial intelligence. Our country also proposes launching joint projects to modernize energy infrastructure, with the necessary equipment to be manufactured in Kazakhstan for subsequent export to the Central Asian market. Training personnel is also a priority. President Tokayev proposed establishing Kazakh-German centers of industrial competence that would be linked to the implementation of major investment projects. In turn, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier emphasized the importance of further developing the strategic partnership with Kazakhstan. According to him, the numerous bilateral agreements signed during the visit demonstrate the intention to develop mutually beneficial cooperation with Germany’s most important trading partner in Central Asia.
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