Nazarbayev invites Swiss business to participate in infrastructure projects of Kazakhstan
ASTANA. KAZINFORM At the meeting with President of the Swiss Confederation Didier Burkhalter, Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev noted that Switzerland is the most important trade and economic partner of the country in Europe.
"We have held constructive negotiations with the President of the Swiss Confederation and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office. Switzerland assumed the OSCE chairmanship in challenging times with Ukrainian crisis and other developments occuring in the territory of OSCE," the Kazakh Leader said. "Switzerland invested about 12 bln into Kazakhstan. The sales between the nations reached USD 4,5 bln. We believe that Switzerland may take part in the infrastructure projects of Kazakhstan in the sphere of machine engineering, pharmaceuticals, chemistry, etc. I hope this visit of President Didier Burkhalter will give an impetus to the development of our relations," Nursultan Nazarbayev added.