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Finnish-Kazakh panel to discuss innovations, energy

HELSINKI, February 23 (Itar-Tass) - Innovations and energy efficiency
will be the main subjects of discussion at the 6th session of the
bilateral intergovernmental commission. The panel meets here on Wednesday under the co-chairmanship of Paavo Vaerynen, Finnish Minister of ForeignTrade and Development, and Aset Isekeshev, Kazakhstani Vice-Premier.
An official at the Finnish Foreign Ministry press center has told
Itar-Tass, "The development of bilateral trade-and-economic relations,
innovations and energy efficiency will be the main subjects of discussion at the session of the intergovernmental commission and talks between the two ministers. The Kazakh Vice-Premier will also meet with executives of Finnish companies that operate on the market of Kazakhstan or are planning to get to it".
Finnish Foreign Ministry analysts point out, "Trade-and-economic
relations between Finland and Kazakhstan grow closer following the
downturn in the previous years: Finnish companies' interest in the Kazakh market is mounting. In 2010, a widely representative Finnish delegation visited Kazakhstan with a view to studying its export resources".
Relations between the two countries became particualrly intensive in
October 2009 wen Finland inaugurated its Embassy in Astana.
"To Finland, Kazakhstan is the major trading partner in Central Asia.
The country ranks second in the CIS by import (from Finland) and third by export," the Foreign Ministry official emphasize. Over the past decade, bilateral trade has considerably gained in scope. An increasing number of Finnish companies get interested in starting business in Kazakhstan. About 30 firms already operate on the Kazakh market.






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