A briefing was held by the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Turkmenistan Yerkebulan Sapiev, “Turkmenistan: Golden Age” reports.
The briefing was timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Addressing the audience, the ambassador made an overview of the achievements of Kazakhstan, noting that this year the country's economy has maintained a steady pace of development. At the end of 10 months, the country's GDP growth amounted to 3.5%, despite the difficult situation in the global economy due to the ongoing pandemic and quarantine restrictions.
The volume of production in the manufacturing industry, according to the diplomat, increased by 5.3%. Growth is noted in the production of locomotives and cars (59%), plastic products (36.5%), pharmaceuticals (33.6%), finished metal products (16.4%), mechanical engineering (19.5%), furniture production (11.8%), clothing (11.4%), building materials (9.3%).
Special attention was paid to the issues of cooperation with the countries of the region, in particular, with Turkmenistan.
The diplomat noted that from the first days of independence, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan have established friendly and fraternal relations based on mutual trust and equal cooperation. Kazakhstan is interested in further expansion of political, trade and economic relations with Turkmenistan, as well as in strengthening interregional and cultural and humanitarian ties.
“The dynamics of bilateral trade continues to grow steadily. In 2020, the trade turnover between our countries amounted to 128 million US dollars. For the period January-September of this year, this figure has already exceeded 143 million US dollars, which indicates a steady growth in trade and economic cooperation,” Yerkebulan Sapiev emphasized.
He also noted the activity in cross-border cooperation, in particular, interaction between the Mangistau region of Kazakhstan and the Balkan velayat of Turkmenistan. In the future, it is planned to create a special border trade zone on the border of the two countries, the diplomat emphasized.
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