Last week, the Kazakh capital Astana and the Kazakh business, cultural and science center Almaty hosted the Kazakhstan-Slovenian business conferences. The conference in Astana was opened by the Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Karel Erjavec, the Kazakh Minister of Health Ms. Salidat Kairbekova and the Vice President of the Kazakh Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mr. Ajana Erenova. The conference in Almaty was opened by the Slovenian Director-General for Economic Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Stanislav Raščan and the President of the Almaty Chamber of Commerce and Industry M.N. Bijarova.

As a member of the Slovenian business delegation, the President of the PanSlovenian Shareholders' Association (VZMD) Mr. Kristjan Verbič (in the picture beside the Ambassador of Slovenia to Russia Her Excellency Ms. Ada Filip-Slivnik and other distinguished participants at the opening of the business conference) actively participated in both conferences. In the context of B2B conversations, he also discussed the possibilities of Kazakh companies cooperating with particular Slovenian companies involved in the international investors' programs Invest to Slovenia (investo.si) and Intenational Investors' Network (invest-to.net), especially in the fields of logistics, IT, financial advisory services, construction, engineering, science and technology.

The conferences were attended by over 200 Kazakh companies and 28 representatives of Slovenian companies, who constituted the Slovenian economic delegation. Otherwise, the delegation concluded its visit with a gala meal and a trip to the Kazakh National Museum.