15:46, 29 January 2014 | GMT +5
Kazakh PM briefed on Aktobe further development
AKTOBE. KAZINFORM Kazakh Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov has commented on further development of Aktobe city. As earlier reported, President Nursultan Nazarbayev set the task on developing Aktobe and Shymkent as large megacities.

Aktobe agglomeration is expected to turn into an industrial and innovation centre priotirizing industrial growth, including metallurgic engineering, chemical industry, building materials and logistics. Aktobe focuses on manufacturing industry. "The region launches manufacturing facilities, boosts agro-industrial complex, constructions sector, primarily, solving the employment issue," the PM added.