OREANDA-NEWS. May 23, 2011. President Nursultan Nazarbayev held a meeting with Frans Muller, Member of METRO Group’s Management Board and CEO of METRO Cash & Carry. The sides discussed the state and prospects for the bilateral cooperation.

METRO Group has been operating in Kazakhstan since 2009. We have opened 5 stores in the country. Today we discussed our expansion plans as well opportunities for international investors to develop Kazakhstan’s participation.

We are no doubt that initiatives on industrialization put forward by the President are very important for the country. For Kazakhstan it is important to be a competitive country not only domestically but on the international level. Industrialization means improvement of all processes: infrastructure and qualified personnel, “ Frans Muller said at a press briefing.