Kazakh economy needs Islamic investments: B.Amreyev

ASTANA. March 14. KAZINFORM /Murat Zhakeyev/ As the OIC chairman Kazakhstan will pay special attention to the development of investment cooperation with Islamic countries this year.

Kazakh Ambassador to Iran Bagdad Amreyev has said it today during the workshop titled "Trade and economic aspects of Kazakhstan's OIC presidency" in Astana.

"Within the industrial-innovative development our country intends to attract investments to small and medium business sphere from the East - the Islamic world in whole. As the OIC chairman Kazakhstan will place emphasis on development of the investment cooperation with the Islamic countries such as Turkey, Iran, the economies of which are well developed," B.Amreyev said.