Trade and economic relations between Kazakhstan and Belarus developing dynamically - Nazarbayev
ASTANA. October 4. KAZINFORM - In our country there are 14 Kazakh-Belarusian enterprises. This has been said today by the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev during the talks in expanded format with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
Nazarbayev said that these companies are engaged in assembling quarry mine machinery, tractors, combine harvesters, engines and special fire fighting equipment.
At the same time, the President noted that despite the marked increase in turnover in 2012 of almost 10%, this year has seen a decline.
"This is due to the situation in the world economy. But the positive experience of mutual activities in the field of industrial cooperation continues ", the Kazakh leader.
According to him, Kazakhstan today is the third trade partner of Belarus after Ukraine and Russia.