The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Olzhas Bektenov, and the Prime Minister of Belarus, Roman Golovchenko, discussed the advancement of trade, economic, and cultural-humanitarian cooperation. In particular, the talks focused on industrial cooperation, collaboration in agriculture, the construction industry, as well as in transportation, IT, and tourism. This information was reported by the press service of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan. It was noted that an agreement to expand cooperation had previously been reached at the level of the presidents of both countries.
As a result of the negotiations, several documents were signed. Among them is a Roadmap between the governments of Kazakhstan and Belarus for the development of trade and economic cooperation from 2025 to 2029, aimed at increasing the pool of joint projects and establishing closer ties between the business communities. An Agreement on cooperation was also signed between JSC "NC Kazakh Tourism" and the National Tourism Agency of the Republic of Belarus, which provides for the exchange of experience in ecological, ski, rural, medical, and youth tourism. Furthermore, an Action Plan for cooperation in the cultural and humanitarian sphere for 2025-2026 was adopted.
The volume of mutual trade between Kazakhstan and Belarus for the first 8 months of this year amounted to 600 million dollars. Flour products from Kazakhstan are in demand in the Belarusian market (with a 10.2% share in exports). Positive dynamics are also observed in the field of road transportation: over the first 9 months of this year, volumes increased by 19%, reaching 450.6 thousand tons.
The governments of Kazakhstan and Belarus are developing industrial cooperation. There are currently 14 projects in the overall pool worth 277.5 million dollars, which are expected to create 1,800 jobs. Of these, 11 joint ventures have already been launched in the regions of Kazakhstan with investments exceeding 200 million dollars, resulting in the creation of 1,600 jobs. These include factories for assembling tractors, grain and forage harvesters, and agricultural trailers. Three more projects are in the implementation stage.
Special attention has been given to the export potential of Kazakh companies producing railway products and their ability to establish supplies to Belarus of ties, rails, fitting platforms, railway wheels, nodes, and aggregates.