President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took part in the Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia with the Federal Chancellor of Germany, where he discussed prospects for strengthening cooperation between the regions. Tokayev emphasized the importance of developing industrial cooperation, including increasing the supply of critical materials to Germany.
In his speech, the President of Kazakhstan outlined key areas for joint work, focusing on the need to expand transport and logistics ties. In his opinion, this will be an important step in deepening economic relations and increasing the competitiveness of the region.
“Further development of the Middle Corridor opens up broad investment prospects, including in terms of modernization and digitalization of the Caspian Sea ports, construction of cargo terminals. Further integration of the transport and logistics systems of Central Asia and Europe remains an urgent task. Kazakhstan welcomes the decision of European partners to allocate 10 billion euros within the framework of the Global Gateway program for the development of the Middle Corridor. We count on Germany’s assistance in linking this route with the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) and the Global Gateway strategy,” the Head of State emphasized.
Tokayev also emphasized the importance of creating new opportunities for industrial cooperation, which will allow Central Asia and Germany to strengthen their positions in international markets and develop strategically important sectors of the economy.