Kazakhstani companies to participate in privatization of Belarus machine-building ventures - Nazarbayev
ASTANA. May 24. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ Kazakhstani companies will participate in privatization of machine-building ventures in Belarus, President Nursultan Nazarbayev has said at a briefing after the meeting with Belarusian Leader Alexander Lukashenko in Astana today.
N. Nazarbayev thanked A. Lukashenko for his visit and noted that regular top level meetings had become a good tradition and that both countries attached great importance to further strengthening of cooperation.
"Kazakhstan is among three largest trade-economic partners of Belarus, and our commodity turnover grows. In 2010 it made over USD 700 mln having risen by 56%. The level of direct Belarus investments to Kazakhstan was raised by 55%", the Kazakh President said.
"In January-March 2011 commodity turnover between the two countries comprised USD 150 mln that is three times higher against the same period in 2010", N. Nazarbayev added.