OREANDA-NEWS. November 25, 2014. On in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan "round table" on "Improving the investment climate in the Republic of Kazakhstan" has been held with the participation of heads of foreign diplomatic missions and international organizations accredited in Kazakhstan.

The event was attended by Minister for Investment and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Asset Issekeshev, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Rapil Zhoshybayev, and guidance of JSC “National Agency for Export and Investment “Kaznex Invest”.

The purpose of the event - to inform about ongoing policy in Kazakhstan to improve the investment climate, as well as to familiarize them with the basic directions and priority sectors of the domestic economy through foreign diplomatic missions, official, economic and business circles.

Making a welcoming speech, R. Zhoshybayev stressed that with account of the challenges posed to the country on rapid modernization and industrialization of the domestic economy, the government pays special attention to the improvement of the investment climate and attraction of investors to the implementation of priority projects in the country. For this reason, one of the most important foreign policy priorities of the country is the intensification of economic and trade diplomacy with foreign partners. R. Zhoshybayev urged the diplomatic corps to more active joint work in this direction.

A. Issekeshev informed foreign diplomats on the results achieved by the implementation of the first National Program of Forced Industrial Innovation Development (NP FIID), as well as on the priorities of the second Five-Year Plan and the measures undertaken by the government of the country on support of foreign investors.

In the framework of the event there was an exchange of views where foreign diplomats shared their views on the prospects for investment cooperation with their countries and expressed their willingness to inform the business community of the countries on the available opportunities in Kazakhstan on implementation of mutually beneficial investment projects.