Trade turnover between Kazakhstan and Belarus to top USD 1 bln this year - A. Lukashenko
18:44, 24 May 2011
ASTANA. May 24. KAZINFORM /Kanat Kulshmanov/ The trade turnover between Kazakhstan and Belarus will top USD 1 bln this year. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko made it public during the talks with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.
'Our trade turnover has almost reached USD 1 billion. I am sure it will top 1 billion this year,' A. Lukashenko said.
The President of Belarus noted that the trade turnover between the two countries was very harmonious. 'We sell and buy equally,' the Belarusian President said.
'Kazakhstan is an important partner for Belarus. I am confident that it is just a beginning and we have bright future ahead,' A. Lukashenko added.