During a meeting of the Government on the implementation of the President’s Address, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev gave instructions on further development of logistics infrastructure, mining and agro-industrial complexes.  

It should be reminded that the Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev addressed to the people of Kazakhstan with the annual address, where outlined the main priorities of the country's development in the near future.

Prime Minister noted that it is necessary to expand the geography of supplies of domestic products, actively develop the exploration for further development of the mining and metallurgical and oil and gas complexes. In this regard, the Ministry of Energy was requested to adopt the new Code on mineral resources and the necessary amendments to the tax legislation before the end of the year.

B.Sagintayev also noted that according to the instructions of the Head of State, domestic agriculture should be the driver of Kazakhstan’s economic growth.

"We can find its niche in the global food markets, producing organically grown foods. «Made in Kazakhstan» The brand itself should be associated with environmentally friendly products. We have already developed approaches to the new principle of distribution of subsidies and the creation of cooperatives, using the potential of private farms, as well as increased productivity. This whole set of tasks to be implemented under the new State Program on development of agro-industrial complex," B.Sagintayev said.

In addition, Prime Minister noted that the head of state set the task to develop the new Eurasian logistics infrastructure.

"To do this, we must ensure freedom of transit of goods, the establishment and modernization of transport corridors that will allow us to become a transcontinental land hub between Asia and Europe. As a result, we have to increase the volume of transit traffic figures by seven times for containerized cargo, four times - for passenger traffic by 2020," B.Sagintayev said.

In this regard, the Ministry for Investment and Development, Foreign Affairs, the national economy has been instructed to take the necessary measures to solve the tasks.

Source: primeminister.kz