Negotiations between Kazakhstan and Qatar to transfer grain through Iran

The press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan reported on Saturday that during the visit of Kassem Zhumart Tokayev to Doha, Qatari investors signed contracts for participation in Kazakhstan’s agriculture worth $500 million, as well as The two sides negotiated for moving grain to Qatar through Iran.

Ferghana news agency reported that the relevant agreements were reached during the visit of Kazakh President Tokayev to Qatar last weekend.

Among these agreements was the signing of a contract worth 200 million dollars between the Qatari company (Hassad Food), the Turkish company (Tiryaki) and the National Management Holding (Baiterek) to build a grain and chickpea processing plant in the Akmola region. It took place.

Another contract worth 300 million dollars was signed between a Kazakh holding company (Dinara) and Qatar National Company. The parties want to create a joint direct investment fund for the development of the agricultural sector of Kazakhstan and Central Asia.

As part of the signed contract, Dinara Group plans to increase the production of existing dairy, meat and agricultural products, build additional dairy farms, set up a milk and cheese processing plant and export finished products to China and the West Asia.

At the same time, Kazakhstan plans to double its lamb exports to Qatar this year. The parties also discussed the logistics of grain products to Qatar through Iran.

Following the results of Kazakhstan President Tokayev’s visit to Qatar, he expressed hope that this country (Qatar) will become one of the 10 biggest investors in Kazakhstan in the near future. Tokayev also pointed to Kazakhstan’s readiness to increase the export of 60 items of goods to Qatar worth 250 million dollars and proposed to increase mutual trade to 500 million dollars in the near future.

Source: IRNA