Shanghai – Sace and Kazexportgarant – Kazakhstan’s export credit company – today signed a memorandum of understanding intended to strengthen cooperation between the parties through the identification of potential synergies and new business opportunities. Signed in Shanghai as part of the Annual General Meeting of the Berne Union, the international association that brings together the leading export-credit insurers, the agreement includes a mutual commitment to facilitate and further expand trade and economic cooperation between Italy and Kazakhstan through the exchange of information and sharing of best practices. “The memorandum of understanding signed today confirms our interest to actively support economic and trade relations between the two countries and to assist in the identification of new cross-border opportunities for Italian companies” – said Michal Ron, Vice President of Berne Union and Managing Director of International Business SACE. The agreement also provides for the Kazakh company to make use of a technical assistance program provided by SACE in order to acquire know-how and improve the tools to support internationalization. (9Colonne)