AKIPRESS.COM - Representatives of the business community of Kazakhstan will participate in the Annual Investment Meeting, which will be held in Dubai in April this year, said Chairman of the Board of “Kazakh Invest” Saparbek Tuyakbayev during the meeting with Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates Mohammad Ahmad Aljaber in Astana on february 8.

Kazakhstan will present its investment opportunities and hold a number of bilateral meetings with Emirates companies on the sidelines of the Annual Investment Meeting, Kazakh Invest reports.

The parties outlined further steps to intensify investment cooperation between the countries, discussed opportunities for implementing joint projects in the field of logistics, tourism cluster, agribusiness, etc.

“We are ready to invest in the agro-industrial complex projects, in particular, into organic production, as well as in the logistics projects of Kazakhstan,” said the Ambassador.

The “Al Khaleej Sugar” company is interested in the implementation of an investment project for the construction of a large sugar plant in the Shardara region of the South Kazakhstan oblast. According to preliminary calculations, $375 million is planned to be invested in the construction of the plant.

Following the meeting,  Tuyakbayev and  the Ambassador  confirmed their readiness to consider the possibility of concluding an agreement on investments at the intergovernmental level.