EIB President starts official visit to Kazakhstan
BRUSSELS. June 30. KAZINFORM /Dimash Syzdykov / President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Philippe Maystadt is expected to visit Kazakhstan on June 30-July 5, the Embassy of Kazakhstan in the Kingdom of Belgium informs.
Mr. Maystadt intends to discuss bilateral cooperation in mid- and long-term outlook with the Kazakh authorities. He will also participate in the III Astana Economic Forum as a distinguished guest and will open the first plenary session.
As earlier reported, the EIB representatives visited Kazakhstan on May 17-22, 2010. Within the visit they had several meetings with Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov, heads of interested ministries and agencies of Kazakhstan, national companies, as well as regions of the country.
During the meetings, the representatives of the Bank familiarized with a wide range of strategically important projects of Kazakhstan, including those implemented within industrialization program in the regions and the projects directed on cooperation with the European markets. These are the projects on mitigation of consequences of climate change and search for alternative energy sources.