Agreements worth $1.5 billion signed in Kazakh-Turkish business forum in Turkey

AKIPRESS.COM - Kazakh PM Askar Mamin and Vice President of Turkey Fuat Oktay opened the Kazakh-Turkish business forum with the participation of about 500 representatives of Turkish and 100 Kazakhstani business circles, the press service of the PM reported.
During the forum, 18 documents were signed for a total amount of $1.5 billion, providing for the implementation of joint projects in infrastructure, industrial, transport and logistics, healthcare, the exchange of experience in public-private partnerships, the development of the financial market, etc.
In particular, agreements were reached on opening in Kazakhstan the production of corrugated cardboard packaging, paint and varnish products, the Aktobe-Gebze industrial zone, the infrastructural development of the city of Turkistan, as well as the construction of university clinics in Almaty and Karaganda, multidisciplinary hospitals in Kokshetau, Kyzylorda, Aktau, Atyrau, Aktobe, Taraz, diagnostic centers in Shymkent and Aktobe.
The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan met with the leaders of 41 largest Turkish companies - current and potential investors in the economy of Kazakhstan. Mamin held both bilateral negotiations with the captains of Turkish business, as well as a general meeting in the format of a round table. The head of Kazakh government called on Turkish businessmen to contribute to the revival and development of Turkistan as a cultural and spiritual center of the Turkic world.
As part of his visit to Turkey, Mamin also visited Kayseri, where he got acquainted with the city hospital that has been functioning since 2018, which was the first Turkish healthcare project implemented according to the model of public-private partnership.