17:15, 25 November 2012 | GMT +5
Second Ukrainian consulate opened in Kazakhstan
ASTANA. November 25. KAZINFORM The second Ukrainian consulate opened in Karaganda, in Kazakhstan.

An agreement on the establishment of the consulate was signed at the opening ceremony, Ukrinform reports.
Karaganda region governor Abelgazi Kussainov, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to Kazakhstan Oleg Demin, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Poland to Kazakhstan Jacek Kluczkowski, honorary consul of Ukraine in Kazakhstan Yerlan Dosmagambetov and other officials took part in the opening ceremony.
Karaganda region takes the lead in the foreign trade with Ukraine. In 2011 the sales reached USD 512.7 that makes the fourth part of the total amount of the Kazakh-Ukrainian trade. Ukraine buys here marganese ore, coal and roll stock and imports foodstuff, charred coal, ferro-alloy, equipment and repair parts.