ASTANA, Kazakhstan, February 17. Kazakhstan and Hungary will launch a direct air service between Shymkent and Budapest in the spring of this year, said the head of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Murat Nurtleu, during a meeting with Hungarian counterpart, Péter Szijjártó, Trend reports.
"I am confident that the direct Shymkent-Budapest flight, which
will open in May, will contribute to deeper cooperation between
us," said Murat Nurtleu.
Nurtleu also described plans for Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok
and the Speaker of the National Assembly, László Kövér, to visit
Kazakhstan this year. Then minister emphasized the growth in trade
turnover between Kazakhstan and Hungary.
"Last year, trade turnover increased by 4.4 percent and reached
$200 million. We have an ambitious goal to bring this figure to $1
billion in the future. Over 20 years, Hungary has invested more
than $370 million in direct investments in Kazakhstan, and
bilateral investment portfolios are also being implemented," he
said.
To note, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó arrived in Kazakhstan on an official visit, during which he held talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tleuberdi in both a narrow and extended format.
Nowadays, the portfolio of Kazakh-Hungarian investment projects includes 18 projects worth about $900 million in such sectors as energy, agriculture, logistics, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, and information technology.
