German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met in Astana ⁇ da at the extended meeting between the delegations after private meetings at the Presidential Palace Akorda ⁇ .
President of Kazakhstan Tokayev emphasized the special importance of the visit of Prime Minister Scholz ⁇ un, who held official meetings for the first time in his country.
Pointing out that this visit will take multilateral cooperation between Kazakhstan and Germany to a new level, Tokayev discussed the possibilities for further strengthening of bilateral relations. We discussed the deepening of integration, especially in the fields of trade, economy and investment.
Pointing out that Germany is one of the main trading partners, Tokayev reported that in 7 months of this year, the mutual trade volume reached 2.3 billion dollars, and since 2005, Germany's share of direct investment in Kazakhstan has reached 6.7 billion dollars.
Olaf Scholz also stated that they will work to improve the conditions of economic relations, directly invest in Kazakhstan and expand mutual trade opportunities, and we are very pleased that our cooperation in the field of energy is gradually progressing. We want to improve economic cooperation in all other areas.
They agreed on cooperation
Prime Minister Scholz added that it was also welcome for them to exchange views on the international challenges they are facing.
During the expanded meeting, the parties agreed on the establishment of mutually beneficial commercial and economic cooperation in the fields of energy, green transformation, mining, transport and logistics, climate protection, environment and agriculture.
After the talks, Tokayev and Scholz signed the Joint Declaration on cooperation between Kazakhstan and Germany.
In addition, the governments of the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on technical cooperation between the central banks, a declaration of intent for the establishment of the Kazakh-German Institute of Science and Technology at the Eastern Kazakhstan Technical University, and a memorandum of understanding on the establishment of the Kazakh-German school.
