Invest to kazakhstan
and economic relations without
properly mobilizing population
and developing contacts between
citizens. In this regard, much
attention is focused on discussing
the possibility of easing the visa
restrictions between Kazakhstan
and the European Union.
In the long term, easing visa
restrictions will give a powerful
impetus to cooperation in all areas,
including business cooperation,
tourism, exchanges in education and
investment.
is being performed, and the issues of
intellectual property are being solved.
Along with the trade, the traditional
cooperation areas are energy,
education, business development, visa
cooperation and others. Kazakhstan
is interested in further enhancing
interaction with the European Union
in the energy sector. During the
years of cooperation, Kazakhstan has
established itself as a reliable and
responsible energy partner of the EU.
Kazakhstan is one of the five largest
energy suppliers to Europe.
In this context, one of the promising
areas of our cooperation is the
preparation and holding the international
exhibition EXPO-2017 in Astana, for
which the theme is – Future Energy.
Considering that the European Union
has great experience in this area, as
well as all the necessary innovative and
technological opportunities, Kazakhstan
welcomes the active participation of
EU in this exhibition (the advanced
achievements of the European Union
will be presented within the EU Energy
Days that will be held on 24-25 July
2017, at EXPO).
Much attention is on the issues of
scientific and educational training.
Every year, thousands of Kazakhstani
students study under the President’s
program ‘Bolashak’ in the leading
higher education institutions of the
EU countries, and upon return apply
their knowledge in the homeland.
We have aimed to create a
welcoming environment in our
country for EU business men to
open and run businesses. During the
past few years, a number of major
investment projects have been
implemented in various areas of the
industry.
To date, over 6,000 economic
entities with participation of
European capital are registered in
Kazakhstan, including joint ventures,
representative offices of companies
and banks.
Having advanced technologies
and modern innovations, European
companies are able to participate
in specific projects in Kazakhstan
to be implemented as a part of the
country’s modernization policy. It
is not possible to expand the trade
Kazakhstan has taken unilateral
action to maximize easing visa
restrictions for European citizens.
Thus, since 1 January 2017, our
country has introduced a visa-
free regime for up to 30 days for
citizens of all EU countries without
exception. Kazakhstan’s government
has also taken a range of measures
to align national legislation with the
European norms.
In total, the conclusion of the
new Enhanced Partnership and
Cooperation Agreement with the
European Union and its members
will allow us to further enhance
our bilateral interaction in this and
other areas.
At this stage, the main task is to
complete the ratifying the EPCA
by parliaments of all EU countries,
after this the document will come
into force (as of 30 May 2017 the
EPCA is ratified by Latvia, Slovakia,
Lithuania, Czech Republic, Bulgaria,
Poland, Hungary, Denmark, Finland
and Austria).
The early ratification of this
document by all EU countries and
its implementation will enable us to
maximise all of its advantages.
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