10:43, 01 March 2011 | GMT +5
Kazakh, Russian first vice premiers visit West Kazakhstan region
URALSK. March 1. KAZINFORM /Kanat Kulshmanov/ First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Umirzak Shukeyev and his Russian counterpart Igor Shuvalov will visit West Kazakhstan region today. They will be accompanied by Agriculture Ministers of the two states Akhylbek Kurishbayev and Yelena Skrynnik, akim of West Kazakhstan region Baktykozha Izmukhambetov and governor of the Orenburg Oblast Yuri Berg.
The delegations will survey a feedlot of 'Crown Batys' LLC, a vegetable oil plant of 'Batys Kunbagys' JSC and an enterprise specialized in slaughtering cattle and horses.
The feedlot capable of holding over 8,640 head of cattle was launched in July 2010 under the State Program of Accelerated Industrial Innovative Development.
'Batys Kunbagys' JSC is a production of refined deodorized vegetable oil in compliance with European standards of quality, with an annual refining capacity of 20.5 thousand tons of oilseeds.
Then, Shukeyev and Shuvalov will hold a joint sitting of the board of Kazakh and Russian agriculture ministries at the West Kazakhstan Agro-Technical University.