The fourth annual roundtable on global investments “Kazakhstan Global Investment Roundtable” (KGIR-2021) dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan was held under the chairmanship of the Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi in the city of Nur-Sultan.

The event, which was held in a hybrid format, was attended by over 1000 delegates - representatives of foreign business, major investors and world experts from 50 countries, including top management of large transnational companies - members of the Foreign Investors Council chaired by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and others.

According to M. Tileuberdi, investments are a key factor in the development of Kazakhstan, he noted that about $ 380 billion has been invested in the Kazakhstani economy over the years of the country's independence. «Today we are confidently heading for a clean, innovative and diversified economic model. We are taking concrete steps, where comprehensive support from investors is defined as one of the national priorities», noted the chief diplomat.

In addition, a number of B2B meetings with foreign partners were held on the sidelines of the event to discuss issues on the implementation of potential projects in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Foreign investors were awarded special nominations for their contribution to the development of the potential of the agro-industrial complex, the pharmaceutical industry, contribution to infrastructure development, as well as the development of human capital. Among them, the member-companies of the Foreign Investors Council «Anadolu Group», «Chevron», «Citibank Kazakhstan», «ENI», «Philip Morris International», «Polpharma», «TOTAL» were granted the awards for their contribution to the socio-economic development of the country, as well as the Kazakhstan Foreign Investors’ Council Association for the active support in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

As a result of the round table, participants conducted investment agreements and signed 31 commercial relationships worth more than $ 2.2 billion, as well as 6 non-commercial documents in such sectors of the economy as the agro-industrial complex, healthcare, mining and metallurgy, mechanical engineering, pharmaceuticals, energy, etc.