Nazarbayev held talks with Austrian President
ASTANA. December 3. KAZINFORM Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Heinz Fischer, the Federal President of the Republic of Austria, who arrived in Kazakhstan for a state visit at the invitation of his Kazakh counterpart; the Presidential press service told Kazinform.
The presidents held talks in narrow format. They discussed the issues of strengthening political contacts, expanding cooperation in trade-economic, investment, humanitarian and cultural spheres.
N. Nazarbayev noted positive dynamics in development of bilateral relations. Opening of the first and the only in Central Asia embassy and trade representation of Austria in Almaty was of paramount importance.
Trade-economic cooperation is gaining momentum. The volume of bilateral trade amounted to USD 2 billion over 9 month of the current year. This is 2.3 times more as compared to the analogous period of 2009. 92 joint enterprises operate in Kazakhstan presently.
The total volume of Austrian investments to Kazakhstan's economy made USD 1.9 billion.