The first meeting of the Kazakhstan-Tatarstan working group on trade and economic cooperation has been held in Astana.
“Kazakhstan and Russia are strategic partners and historical allies. We have continuous and fruitful trade and economic relations. Kazakhstan has established relations with almost every federal subject of Russia, while cooperation with Tatarstan plays a special role,” Kazakhstan’s Minister of National Economy Yerbolat Dossayev said, opening the meeting.
The minister said that the trade turnover between Kazakhstan and Tatarstan accounts for only 3-4 percent of the volume of trade with Russia, adding that it is necessary to increase this share. “The conditions of the current global crisis require us to expand cooperation, especially in the sphere of investments, agriculture, science and technology,” Dossayev believes.
He said the operation of tge "KAMAZ–Engineering" joint venture is an example of successful cooperation."KAMAZ–Engineering" has been engaged in assembling trucks, dump trucks, crew buses and special equipment since 2005.
“Intensification of mutual integration processes between Kazakhstan and Russia significantly expands Kazakhstan-Tatarstan relations. We should use these opportunities for the development of trade and economic cooperation between Kazakhstan and Tatarstan,” Dossayev said.
Tatarstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov said that Tatarstan is interested in intensifying trade and economic relations in the sphere of mechanical engineering, the fuel and energy complex, transport and urban water supplies, Trend reports.
