Representatives of over 30 Indian companies and 40 Kazakhstan companies met in Astana recently, where they used the platform of the Kazakh-Indian Business Council to review progress of existing bilateral trade ties and to discuss the way forward.
The representatives were several key sectors, including engineering, construction, logistics, IT-technology, agriculture equipment, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and medicine.
The meeting was co-chaired by the Chairman of the management board of "TengriBank", Mr. Yerzhan Shaikenov, and from Indian side by Partner of the "SunGroup" company Mr. Dinesh Sood.
The representatives of large, medium and small businesses of both countries exchanged experiences and discussed further cooperation perspectives.
Both sides agreed to hold meetings of the Kazakh-Indian Business Council twice a year.
The meetings will be organised by the Center for International Business Partnership - an organization specially created to regulate the work of the council.
The ambassadors of Kazakhstan and India, Bulat Sarsenbayev and Harsh K. Jain, and the Chairman of the Chamber of International Commerce of Kazakhstan, Ruslan Sultanov also addressed the meeting.