Prime Minister of Kazakhstan held a meeting with his Armenian colleague

ArmInfo. Today, Prime  Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev held a meeting with Prime  Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan, according to Kazakhstan media  sources. During the meeting, prospects for further development of  trade and economic relations, in particular, new forms of  cooperation, including trade in services and new technologies were  discussed.

In this context, the productive work of Kazakh-Armenian  Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation was  noted. The issues of development of transit-technical potential,  interaction within the framework of international organizations and  strengthening of integration processes in the EEU were also raised.  In addition, the parties discussed the progress of the EXPO-2017  exhibition in Astana and the August 16 National Day of Armenia.

To note, this year the establishment of diplomatic relations between  the Republic of Kazakhstan and Armenia marks 25th anniversary. Trade  turnover between Kazakhstan and Armenia in January-May 2017 amounted  to $ 1.7 million, which is 77.6% more than in 2016. As of July 2017,  258 legal entities, branches and representative offices with Armenian  participation were registered in Kazakhstan, of which 166.