The organiser of the meeting from the Latvian side, alongside Riga City Council, is the biggest private bank in Latvia – Rietumu.
It is not the first time that such an event has been organised in Kazakhstan – last year a practical seminar named “Kazakhstan-Latvia Cooperation: New Opportunities for Business in Europe” was held in Almaty. As noted by participants of the last meeting, such events allow participants to not only get acquainted with opportunities for cooperation and advantages of the markets of both countries, but to also establish useful business contacts – both on a practical business level and with representatives of state institutions.
This year, aside from the possibilities of development and support of international entrepreneurial activities for Kazakh companies in Latvia, investment opportunities and the development of free economic zones will be the focus of attention. The event will be organised predominantly as B2B meetings of Latvian and Kazakhstan companies, with the participation of spokespersons from the capital city authorities.
The Ambassador of Latvia in Kazakhstan Mr. Juris Maklakovs is also scheduled to hold a speech during the event.
The agenda of the seminar also includes a speech of the Member of the Board, Senior Vice-President of Rietumu Bank Ilya Suharenko on issues of Latvian legislation and European guidelines which are topical for both parties, as well as a survey of financial services, attracting investments and financing of trade operations.
From the Latvian side, the participants will be officials of the Riga and Jurmala municipalities, the Freeport of Riga, the AirBaltic airline, representatives of the real estate industry and other industries, as well as legal advisers.
Kazakhstan will be represented by municipalities of the biggest cities, ministries, tax and customs organisations, the National Chamber of Commerce, management companies, investors and banks. In total, over 300 delegates are expected to participate in the event.
“Business cooperation between Latvia and Kazakhstan has been established over decades, and in the last 15-20 years Rietumu Bank has been among its active participants. We have witnessed the re-establishment of not only a political dialogue between our countries, but also modern and mutually beneficial economic ties, which become even stronger with every coming year. For many of our partners from Kazakhstan, Latvia has long since become a comfortable platform for entering the EU markets. As for us, we also consider Kazakhstan to be one of the most promising markets. Therefore, it is hard to overestimate the significance of personal meetings such as the current one,” says I. Suharenko.
The venue of the Latvia-Kazakhstan Business Meeting is Radisson Hotel Astana; the start of the meeting is at 12:00.
For all your queries regarding participation or accreditation at the meeting please apply to the Rietumu Bank office in Kazakhstan (Almaty) by phone + 7 727 356 27 55. Eleonora Gailisha Mass Media and Public Relations
Phone: +371-67020506
Fax: +371-67020563
E-mail:
egailisha@rietumu.lv
