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Qatar interested in investment in development of oil-and-gas complex of Kazakhstan - MFA

Qatar expresses interest in investing in development of oil-and-gas complex of Kazakhstan, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan informed.

Astana. October 28. Kazakhstan Today - Qatar expresses interest in investing in development of oil-and-gas complex of Kazakhstan, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan informed.

Kazakhstan delegation is now in Qatar that includes the representatives of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, KazMunayGas Company and Company KazTransGas. The delegation is headed by the vice Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bolat Akchulakov.

The interest of Qatar in investment in oil-and-gas projects has been stated during B. Akchulakov's meeting with the State Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada and the Executive Director of Qatar Oil-and-Gas Company Qatar Petroleum International Naser al- Nasser Jaidah, during which the questions of bilateral cooperation in oil-and-gas sphere have been discussed.

"Qatar party has shown interest in investment in development of oil-and-gas complex of Kazakhstan, in particular, in participation of Qatar in development of oil-and-gas deposits and petrochemical enterprises," the press service informed. According to the message, vice Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of Kazakhstan noted that our country is interested in studying Qatar experience in development of manufacture of liquefied natural gas, by the export of which Qatar occupies the first place in the world, and also cooperation in oil-and-gas-and -chemistry.

B. Akchulakov held the meeting with the deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar Abdalla bin Hamad al-Attiyah. "During the meeting he noted that the relations between two countries are developing steadily, high level of cooperation in political, economic and cultural areas has been reached. The deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Power and Industry of Qatar suggested to create bilateral group for defining of priority directions in oil-and-gas cooperation," the message emphasized.

According to the visit schedule, the Kazakhstan delegation will visit the objects of oil-and-gas complex of Qatar in the cities of Ras Lafan and Mesayid.

The visit of the Kazakhstan delegation to Qatar is organized within the limits of the arrangements reached during the meeting of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Ben Khalifa Al-Thani in March 2007 in Doha.

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