During the meeting, Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed an interest in cooperation with Dutch companies and expansion of the sphere of cooperation.
- Investments of the Netherlands into the economy of Kazakhstan made up $30 billion. Mutual trade turnover is about $10 billion, which is the highest among the EU countries. Kazakhstan has been implementing the industrial and innovative programme, under which more than 500 ventures were set up and about 600 thousand jobs were created. We are inviting Dutch companies to a joint work. Our country is interested in development of processing companies in oil and gas sector, non-ferrous and ferrous industries and chemical industry. We grant preferences for such industries and create corresponding infrastructure. We are interested in cooperation in the information area and agriculture as well, - the President of Kazakhstan said.
Nursultan Nazarbayev emphasised a high level of Kazakhstan’s cooperation with a number of large companies of France, Germany and Spain and stressed that the country was entering into a number of 20 countries with a high rate of the attracted foreign investment.
At the end of the meeting, the head of state was presented with a new Dutch postage stamp with an image of the President of Kazakhstan and the new kind of tulips named “President Nazarbayev”. Also, an initiative of the Rotterdam city’s mayor’s office to open a new “Astana” square was declared during the meeting.
