Country Repatriates 14 Children from Iraq Nazarbayev Named Honorary
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-6° / -10°C WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2019 No 23 (185) www.astanatimes.com Tokayev discusses economic cooperation Kazakhstan inks with German leaders, offers special agreements with Tyson conditions to German investors Foods, Valmont Industries The Kazakh government, Tyson By Nazira Kozhanova By Aidana Yergaliyeva Foods and Kusto Group, a Singa- pore-based company involved in NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Presi- NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Prime beef production in Kazakhstan, dent Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Minister Askar Mamin oversaw will provide capital for the plant’s discussed economic cooperation the signing of agreements with construction. It is expected that with German Chancellor Angela American agribusiness titans Ty- the new enterprise will meet the Merkel, German President Frank- son Foods and Valmont Industries needs of the Kazakh market and Walter Steinmeier and German en- Dec. 9 during his working visit to help boost agricultural exports. trepreneurs during Tokayev’s Dec. the United States. The companies Kazakhstan’s agriculture industry 5-6 official visit to Berlin. will invest in a new meat process- currently earns the country more “The purpose of my visit is to ing plant and a new plant to pro- than $1 billion per year. give an additional impetus, pri- duce irrigation systems in Kazakh- “Tyson Foods is a world-class marily to economic cooperation stan. company with the experience Ka- and political interaction. It so hap- Tyson Foods, the largest meat zakhstan needs to make a break- pened that Germany, being the processing company in the U.S., through in the development of fourth largest world economy, oc- will invest in the construction of a meat processing and increase the cupies the 12th place in our econ- modern meat processing complex number of livestock on farms,” omy in terms of investment pres- in Kazakhstan. The slaughterhouse Mamin said, the prime minister’s ence. I expressed the hope that in will have the capacity to process website reports. the very near future the situation approximately 2,000 head per day. Continued on Page A4 will be corrected in favour of Ger- many,” Tokayev told a press con- ference following his talks with Merkel. Tokayev also addressed the ses- sion organised by the Berlin Eura- Country sian Club, where he expressed Kazakhstan’s commitment to providing German investors with special conditions, such as a tax Photo credit: Akorda.kz. Photo credit: repatriates 14 exemption regime in special eco- L-R: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. nomic zones and infrastructural conditions. Kazakh Direct Investment Fund to system. Previously, we did not Germany sees Central Asia as “We are ready to give you the open special offices that will coop- provide such conditions to any a key part of the world economy, children from Iraq maximum of existing preferences, erate with German investors,” said other country. I sincerely hope Merkel said during a joint press the Iraqi authorities. This was a including a tax exemption regime Tokayev, according to akorda.kz. that with the right approach and conference with Tokayev after By Assel Satubaldina long negotiation process because in special economic zones, provi- Tokayev noted the measures are attitude, the Government and in- their talks on Dec. 5. we all had a big task to make sure sion of infrastructure, etc. I set unprecedented for Kazakhstan. vestors will make them truly effec- BAGHDAD – Kazakhstan re- that they are actually Kazakh citi- the task for Kazakh Invest and the “These measures are new to our tive,” he said. Continued on Page A3 turned 14 children from Iraq Nov. zens. We conducted DNA tests to 27 after a nearly nine-month-long find relatives here in Kazakhstan,” effort by the Kazakh government he said in an interview for this with the support of Iraqi officials. story, on a plane on the flight to The mission, which included rep- Baghdad. resentatives of the Kazakh Foreign The children hail from differ- Nazarbayev named honorary chair of Ministry, doctors, social workers ent regions of the country and and the media, travelled to Bagh- their relatives greeted them at the dad to pick up the youngsters on a capital airport. They will spend at chartered flight. least one month in a rehabilitation Central Asian Consultative Meeting, The children are aged from two centre in the city, where they will to thirteen. Some were school age receive appropriate care and sup- when their parents took them to port, including from specialised proposes solidifying cooperation the alleged Islamic State caliphate psychologists, to help them re- in Iraq and Syria, while most were cover from the psychological and the airport, Uzbek Prime Minister “Today, we will discuss press- ment of Central Asia in the 21st born there. physical trauma. By Galiya Khassenkhanova Abdulla Aripov met Nazarbayev,” ing issues of interaction and Century.” The kids have witnessed the hor- Kazakhstan is also in negotia- Nazarbayev’s press service an- agree on priority measures aimed “This fundamental political rors of war and conflict after spend- tions with Iraqi authorities to ex- NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh- nounced. at expanding the partnership of document should reflect the basic ing almost two years in the Rusafa tradite th e six women from the stan’s First President, Nursultan This is not the first honorary ti- Central Asia,” the Uzbek Presi- principles and goals of our inter- prison in Baghdad with their moth- prison. The lack of an extradition Nazarbayev, attended the sec- tle Nazarbayev, who now carries dent said. “The meeting’s agenda action. The agreement will also ers. The women are serving life agreement with Iraq, however, has ond Consultative Meeting of the the title Elbasy or Leader of the includes regional policy issues, include provisions on mutual re- sentences, which means 25 years inhibited the process. Heads of State of Central Asia in Nation, has received since his res- cooperation in trade, economy, spect of the sovereignty, independ- in Iraq, for their involvement in “Again, this process is long, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Nov. 29, ignation last March. Six months investment, transport and com- ence and territorial integrity of our the terrorist activity. Six Kazakh but I hope it will be successful. where he was named Honorary ago, he was named honorary chair munication spheres; scientific, countries,” said Nazarbayev. women are incarcerated. I would like to say that Iraq also Chair. Uzbek President Shavkat of the Eurasian Economic Union technical and humanitarian ex- He also proposed holding a The children’s fathers have been does not have such an extradition Mirziyoyev, Kyrgyz President (EAEU), which includes Russia, changes; as well as ensuring se- Central Asian Security Council killed. One youngster lost both treaty with Russia, which evacuat- Sooronbai Zheenbekov, Tajik Armenia and Belarus in addition curity in Central Asia. We have to Secretaries meeting next year to parents and was taken from an or- ed a sufficiently big number of its President Emomali Rakhmon and to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. adopt the regulations and a joint strengthen security in the region phanage. children, but the Iraqi authorities Turkmen President Gurbanguly In Kazakhstan, he is also an hon- statement, as well as determine and called attention to Central The process to return the chil- do not give women away. They did Berdimukhamedov bestowed the orary senator, a title proposed by the place and time of the next Asia’s rapid demographic changes. dren started in March, said For- not give women back to Russia, title on Nazarbayev. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart consultative meeting.” Regarding cultural and humanitar- eign Ministry Ambassador at “Nursultan Nazarbayev, at the Tokayev. As a way to unify efforts to ian interaction, the First President Uzbekistan, Tajikistan or Kazakh- Large Stanislav Vassilenko, when stan. We will carry on these long- invitation of Uzbek President During the consultative meet- strengthen cooperation and in- proposed allocating 10 scholar- the government learned its citizens Shavkat Mirziyoyev, arrived in ing, the Central Asian leaders crease quality of life in the region, ships for students from each par- running negotiations,” explained were in the Iraqi prison. Vassilenko. Tashkent to participate in the sec- discussed regional cooperation in Nazarbayev proposed an “Agree- ticipating nation that will allow “We started negotiations with Continued on Page A3 ond Consultative Meeting of the politics, trade, economics, invest- ment on Good Neighbourliness them to study in the best universi- Heads of State of Central Asia. At ment and other fields. and Cooperation for the Develop- ties of Kazakhstan. Nazarbayev also proposed es- tablishing Central Asia Day on March 15, the day the first consul- tative meeting was held in 2018 Balandin wins gold, in Kazakhstan’s capital. Accord- ing to him, the dialogue that was launched then opened a new page silver at US open in the history of Central Asia. “It drastically improved the picture of our cooperation. The dialogue signalled to the five coun- swimming championship tries that our friendship will live of lead changes in the 200 breast. for centuries. Contacts started acti- By Aidana Yergaliyeva He swam a very even race at 29.3 / vating on all levels,” he said. 33.3 / 33.3 / 33.6. Nazarbayev also met with Mir- NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Olym- Balandin moved from 7th to 4th ziyoyev, discussing the close re- pic champion Dmitriy Balan- to 5th to 2nd, and Wilson went lationships between their nations, din won silver Dec. 9, finishing a from 4th to 5th to 4th to 3rd. Kevin which through years of coopera- 200-metre distance in 2 minutes, Cordes held the lead over the first tion has reached a new qualitative 09 seconds 71 hundredths at the half of the race with 28.30 and level. Nazarbayev emphasised that men’s breaststroke final of 2019 1:02.46 at the 50 and 100 walls, Mirziyoyev’s initiative to hold the U.S.