Agro Perspectiva

XI meeting of the Ukrainian-Kazakh Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation took place

02.04.2013 14:12 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) — 1–2 April, 2013 Kyiv hosted a two-day eleventh meeting of the Ukrainian-Kazakh Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation, chaired by the First vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Arbuzovand First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bakitzhan Sagintayev. The meeting was also attended by the leaders and staff of ministries and other state bodies, as well as representatives of public enterprises and organizations, Government Portal reports. In the result of discussion of topical issues of bilateral economic cooperation the Commission instructed the ministries and departments of Ukraine and Kazakhstan to take measures to enhance bilateral cooperation, develop and prepare for signing of the Ukraine-Kazakhstan Action Plan for 2013–2014 («Road Map-4»). The priority for the development of mutually beneficial cooperation were identified industries such as fuel and energy, agribusiness, machinery for agriculture and the creation of infrastructure, transport, aviation, space, etc. In particular, the Ukrainian delegation expressed interest in Kazakh oil deliveries to the refineries of Ukraine, and also reported on the presence of the technical capabilities of the Ukrainian oil transportation system for transit of Kazakh oil through Ukraine towards European consumers, including capacities of Odessa-Brody and Druzhba pipelines. First vice Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov said that the Ukrainian side is also interested in the participation of Ukrainian companies in development of deposits in Kazakhstan, a joint geological and geophysical studies, training of specialists. The parties also agreed to develop a comprehensive plan for cooperation in the field of nuclear energy and industry, which provides for the comprehensive development of the various joint activities of the parties. So, in the framework of the 11th session of the Commission, it was decided to continue cooperation and to consider the possibility of cooperation in areas such as: manufacturing equipment for mechanization and construction of small dairy farms in the Republic of Kazakhstan, construction in the Republic of Kazakhstan objects of the solar energy, projects of the development of joint Kazakh-Ukrainian venture for the production of brake equipment for rolling stock of railways, joint projects in the field of agricultural machinery, the production of energy-efficient gas and steam turbine installation to produce electricity and water in the excessive amount for heat engineering needs in the arid regions of Kazakhstan, production of equipment for oil, gas and chemical industry, etc. Participants of the meeting have discussed the results of the Commission’s work on the expansion of the legal framework for bilateral cooperation, and recommended to sign during the forthcoming official visit of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Ukraine, the following documents: — Ukraine-Kazakhstan Action Plan for 2013–2014 year (Road Map-4); — the Program of cooperation in science and technology between the State Agency of Ukraine for Science, Innovation and Informatization and the Committee of Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2013–2015. The Parties agreed to hold the twelfth meeting of the joint Kazakh-Ukrainian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation in the Republic of Kazakhstan.