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In a report on the implementation of Kazakh-German projects at a meeting of the Investment Promotion Council on 24 April, Kazakh Invest stated that investment from Germany in Kazakhstan reached an all-time high of $770 million in 2023. To date, the pool of German initiatives planned for Kazakhstan includes 63 projects with a value of around $54.4 billion and the potential to create 14.7 thousand jobs. The 32 projects already in operation, have created some 6,000 permanent posts. Bilateral trade turnover between Kazakhstan and Germany is also very positive , having leapt by 24.7% in 2022 and 41.3% in 2023. Kazakhstan, as its key partner in Central Asia, currently ranks as one of Germany’s top 50 trading partners.
Germany’s Flight Design GmbH, a leading manufacturer of ultralight aircraft with over 25 years of experience, is set to produce ultralight CT series aircraft in Kazakhstan. The project was announced at the Flight Design and Kazakh Invest press conference at the 30th AERO Friedrichshafen General Aviation Exhibition in Friedrichshafen, Germany, on 19 April. According to Flight Design CEO Daniel Guenther, the aircraft will be produced with support from the Virage group of companies under a newly created joint venture, Flight Design Kazakhstan. Aircraft assembled in the free economic zone (FEZ) in Almaty, Kazakhstan, will be sold to both local and foreign markets.
On January 27th Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the chairman of the Halk Maslahaty (People’s Council) of Turkmenistan, met with the managing director of the German consulting company Goetzpartners Emerging Markets GmbH, Vladimir Mathias. Goetzpartners won an international tender to consult on the creation of a medical cluster in the Turkmen city of Arkadag, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry has reported. Germany is one of Turkmenistan’s key European partners. Several German companies are involved in large-scale projects in the fields of transport, communications and logistics in the country. At the meeting Mr Mathias explained to Mr Berdimuhamedov that the planned medical cluster in Arkadag is designed to produce various types of medical products not only for the domestic market, but also for export. The city of Arkadag was unveiled on June 29th, 2023. The “smart” city, designed to be home for 70,000 people and costing billions of dollars to construct, is located 30km south of the capital, Ashgabat.
TASHKENT (TCA) — Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev discussed bilateral cooperation in the Uzbek capital on the second day of Steinmeier's three-day official visit to Central Asia's most populous country, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reported. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — During his official visit to Germany, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on January 21 held negotiations with the Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — In the coming days the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay visits to India and Germany, the official information agency Jahon reports. Continue reading
