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"Hosting the Congress will make an important contribution to the development of international dialogue on energy issues and expand Kazakhstan’s cooperation with leading international companies and the expert community," the Foreign Ministry said.

"Such a format would bring together government representatives, executives of major international energy corporations and leading foreign investors at a single venue," the ministry said.

"Kazakhstan plans to use the Congress as a platform to showcase the country’s investment and technological opportunities, as well as to promote Astana as the host city for the next WPC Energy World Congress in 2028," the press service said.

"At the end of last year, gross agricultural output reached 320 billion tenge. Since the launch of the Auyl Amanaty programme, 1,414 projects have received financing and around 2,000 new jobs have been created," the statement said.

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"The National Fund’s investment income reached $2.3 billion in the first half of this year. Pension assets managed by the Unified Accumulative Pension Fund amounted to 27.8 trillion tenge, an increase of 1.7 trillion tenge since the beginning of the year," the statement said.

"At the same time, growth in consumer lending slowed from 21.0% at the beginning of the year to 13.0%, demonstrating the effectiveness of the prudential measures adopted and a normalisation in the pace of consumer lending. As a result, credit resources are being redirected towards financing businesses," the press service said.

"As part of the national payment system, QR payments and transfers using phone numbers between customers of any bank have been available since 19 July. Since the launch, the system has processed 6.5 million transactions worth 170 billion tenge," the press service said.

"Consolidating scientific potential within the Union is essential to creating an innovative foundation for a modern agro-industrial sector. It is joint efforts to advance agricultural science that will have the necessary impact in introducing cutting-edge developments and improving the efficiency of the entire industry," Lut said.

"Our countries have significant production, investment and scientific potential. The task for the next stage is to combine these capabilities as effectively as possible. Joint projects should create new added value, strengthen food security, expand markets and increase the competitiveness of EAEU products," Kazakh Agriculture Minister Aidarbek Saparov said.

"During the meeting, the sides reviewed the current state of Kazakh-Chinese cooperation in industry, construction and energy, the progress of joint initiatives, as well as promising areas for further strengthening cooperation," the statement said.