Kazakhstan views BRICS as a driving force of global progress – Head of State
Kazakhstan views BRICS as a driving force of the global progress. This is what President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said at the 16th BRICS Summit ongoing in Kazan, Kazinform News Agency reports.
Addressing the summit participants, the Kazakh President expressed satisfaction with a dynamic growth of trade of Kazakhstan with the BRICS member states, which, "in 2023, accounted almost for a half of the country’s foreign trade turnover."
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev pointed out that Kazakhstan strives to expand mutually beneficial partnership in such key sectors as trade and investment, IT, critical minerals, food security, education and tourism.
He said that Kazakhstan is ready for a close cooperation to strengthen the transit-transport cooperation across the BRICS space, emphasizing that the country gives special importance to further development of One Belt, One Road initiative and the North-South international transport corridor.
“Their synchronization with the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, which unites Asia and Europe through Kazakhstan across the Caspian Sea, will have a multiplicative impact on the global trade in a long-term outlook. Kazakhstan strives to build reliable partnership relations within BRICS+ to enhance energy security,” said the Kazakh President.
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev underscored Kazakhstan’s interest in promotion of the existing and launch of promising projects in oil and gas exploration and in critical minerals.
“We should apply the enormous potential of BRICS in climate change issues, such as water shortage, extreme rise in temperatures, and desertification,” the President stated.
Recall, that the Summit of the BRICS member states is being held in Kazan, Tatarstan, from October 22 to 24.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as well as other leaders arrived at the event.
As reported, at the invitation of the President of Russia, Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev arrived in Kazan for a working visit to attend the 16th Summit of the BRICS Heads of State. The Kazakh President held a series of brief talks with the summit participants.
