Kazakhstan to Diversify Economic Relations with Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 22 (acn) A high-level mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan will seek in Cuba next week opportunities that contribute to expand bilateral relations in the economic sphere.

According to the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba, the Kazakh delegation should be headed by Erlan Idrissov, Foreign Minister of the Eurasian country, who will travel to the island accompanied by the ministers of Investment and Development, and of Energy.
Rapil Zhoshibayev, Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister and President of the 2017 EXPO of Astana, will join the group, which according to the program should hold exchanges with Cuban authorities on the 30th in a bi-national business forum.
Met in Havana, the parties will sign a cooperation agreement between the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba and the National Agency for Export and Investments of Kazakhstan.
Aimed at promoting business opportunities opened by Cuba to foreign investment, representatives of tourism, renewable energy and the oil industry will present the projects prioritized by the country in these key sectors in order to boost their development.
Likewise, officials of the Special Development Zone of Mariel will present the legal regime approved to attract greater flows of foreign capital.
Although not officially confirmed yet, the Cuban Chamber of Commerce announced that, also on September 30, a meeting between Cuban and Vietnamese businessmen, on the occasion of the visit the President of that Asian nation will pay to the island, will take place at Havana's Hotel Nacional de Cuba.