Astana – Opening of the Italy national day, bilateral meetings with the Kazakh government and the Italian-Kazakhstan business forum on smart energy and green technology. With these appointments, Emilian-Romagna’s institutional and entrepreneurial mission to the Expo 2017 Future Energy in Astana, Kazakhstan, comes to life. The regional assessor for productive activities, Palma Costi, attended a bilateral meeting with the Kazakh government along with the delegation of the Italian government: a confrontation with Roman Sklyar, Deputy Minister for Investments, Gani Sadibekov, Deputy Minister for Energy and Aibatyr Zhumaglov , Deputy Minister of Economy. Italy is a strategic partner for Kazakhstan. In 2016, exports amounted to 842 million euros, up 8.2% compared to 2015, mainly clothing, general-purpose machinery, pipes, wire profiles and accessories. 10% of Italian exports come from Emilia-Romagna. It is a potential market of about 500 million inhabitants, including Kazakhstan itself and some neighboring countries. (9colonne)
