Kazakh President urges Government to attract investment
16:17, 27 January 2012
ASTANA. January 27. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ At a meeting of the Government of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev instructed to develop a national action plan for attracting investment and harmonization of investment policy of Kazakhstan with the standards of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
"We must use the available and find new reserves of economic growth, primarily, in order to fight for investments. This is especially important amid the global crisis, when investors are looking for reliable points of growth of capital," said Nursultan Nazarbayev.
The President noted that the positive market conditions, availability of funds in the state treasury, strengthening of the state support for economy have reduced the government's efforts to attract investment.