Paavo Vayrynen: Kazakhstan - important trade partner of Finland
ASTANA. March 4. KAZINFORM /Kanat Kulshmanov/ Kazakhstan is the most important trade partner of Finland, Minister of Foreign Trade and Development of this country Paavo Vayrynen said it at a Kazakh-Finnish business forum in Astana today.
"Finland attaches great importance to Kazakhstan as a trade partner. I see huge potential for development of mutually beneficial commercial cooperation between our countries", P. Vayrynen noted.
According to him, Finnish business community is keen on cooperation with Kazakhstan, especially in ecological technologies, energy, education, telecommunications, construction, and paper and forest industry.
"Around 30 Finnish companies are working in Kazakhstan to date. They specialize in traditional spheres - oil, gas, chemical industry as well as in others, like construction and agriculture", P.Vayrynen added.
In accordance with the data provided by Minister of Industry and Trade Asset Issekeshev, the volume of commodity turnover between our countries made EUR 500 mln in 2009.