Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held a series of meetings with participants of the Foreign Investors’ Council meeting. The Head of State and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development President Odile Renaud-Basso discussed prospects for cooperation and joint investment projects in Kazakhstan. Renaud-Basso noted that the EBRD plans to invest two billion euros in Kazakhstan’s economy in the coming years as part of its green transition program. President Tokayev also discussed cooperation in developing the IT industry and creating an ecosystem for startups with the President of Microsoft Central Europe and Central Asia. He was informed that the corporation’s Kazakhstan office has been transformed into a multi-regional hub, covering Central Asia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Mongolia, and Pakistan. Additionally, a National Artificial Intelligence Center is planned for next year. The Head of State’s next meeting was with the CEO of Solidcore Resources, which is implementing a project to build a new hydrometallurgical complex in Pavlodar. The project is intended to produce Dore gold with a purity of up to 98 percent. President Tokayev also received Jerzy Starak, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Polpharma, who informed him about the completion of the construction of the company’s quality control laboratory and research testing center.
