Agreements worth over $ 2.1 billion signed as part of Kazakhstan Global Investment Roundtable-2021
Nur-Sultan, December 7, 2021, The Fourth Annual Kazakhstan Global Investment Roundtable (KGIR 2021), dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of Kazakhstan's Independence, took place under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tleuberdi.
The event, which was held in a hybrid format, was attended by over 1000 delegates - representatives of foreign business, major investors and global experts from 50 countries of the world, including the top management of such major global companies as Goldbeck Solar, INOKS Capital, Chevron, ENI, Valmont Industries, Yildirim Group, etc.
In his speech, Mukhtar Tleuberdi stressed that Kazakhstan is a leader in attracting foreign investment in the region, with the accumulated capital over the years of independence of almost $370 billion.
“Today we are confidently steering for a pure, innovative and diversified economic model. For this reason, we are taking specific steps, where comprehensive support of investors is among the national priorities,” the Minister of Foreign Affairs noted.
Furthermore, the event discussed topical issues of the investment climate development and held a set of B2B meetings with foreign partners in order to discuss the implementation of potential projects in Kazakhstan.
The speakers of the event were: President of Technonikol Sergey Kolesnikov, President of YDA Group Husein Arslan, CEO of Goldbeck Solar Joachim Goldbeck, Founder and Member of the Board of Polcotton Alois Schönberger, CEO of Orhun Medical Gonench Dyryk.
A number of foreign investors were awarded for their contributions to the development of the agro-industrial complex, pharmaceutical industry, infrastructure development and human capital. They are large enterprises, such as Chevron, Citibank Kazakhstan, Anadolu Group, Philip Morris International, Hevel, INOKS Capital, Georgian Industrial Group, Goldbeck Solar, Air Liquide, Danone, Polpharma, Lactalis and others.
Following the round table, the investment agreements were reached and 30 commercial agreements were signed for a total amount of over $ 2.1 billion, as well as 6 non-commercial documents in the sectors, such as the agro-industrial and mining and metallurgical complex, mechanical engineering, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, energy and etc.