Invest in Kazakhstan 2015 prepared specifically in time for 8th Astana Economic Forum

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Why Kazakhstan is attractive for investors? One can find out the answer to this question by looking through the annual publication prepared specifically in time for the Astana Economic Forum - Invest in Kazakhstan 2015, Kazinform refers to the Kazakh MFA's press service.

As President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on 17 February 2015 at a meeting with the diplomatic corps accredited in Kazakhstan, "By the 23rd anniversary of its independence, Kazakhstan has become a strong state. Despite the complicated situation in the global market, our gross domestic product increased by 4.3 per cent last year. We have completed the first five-year plan of our industrial innovative program. We... created 75,000 jobs... in Kazakhstan. We expect that, during the second five-year plan, this year alone 7,500 jobs will be offered in order to implement 75 projects". Erlan Idrissov, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan mentioned in his introduction to the publication: "Friends and partners of Kazakhstan, it is with pleasure that I welcome you to Invest in Kazakhstan 2015. Since becoming an independent country in 1991, Kazakhstan has enjoyed strong growth, increased investment activity, and political, financial and economic stability. Recent years have seen international partnerships and agreements expanded and our excellent bilateral relationships with countries around the world leading to increased trade". To read the publication follow the link