Finland Times

Kazakhstan's capital, Astana power street was decorated with flags of Kazakhstan and Finland 16 April 2013, the President of the Republic of Sauli Niinistö in honor of the state visit. Photo Lehtikuva

President Sauli Niinistö on Tuesday began a three-day visit to Kazakhstan, reported news agency STT.

 

The president along with a business delegation reached the Far East country, where the host government accorded the Finnish delegation a cordial reception.

 

According to the STT report, President Niinistö is scheduled to meet with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev on Wednesday and hold discussions on various bilateral and international issues.

 

The business leaders accompanying the president will hold talks with different business-related personalities to boost Finland’s export to Kazakhstan. They will discuss green economy and modernisation at the Kazakhstan-Finnish Forum, reported the online newspaper Tengrinews.kz, quoting an official press release.

 

Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Jerlan Idrissov was greeted at the airport, when the President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö and Mrs Jenni Haukioja arrived on a state visit to Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, 16 April 2013. Photo Lehtikuva

The business delegation will also discuss the process of exporting the innovative and environment-friendly Finnish technologies to Kazakhstan, said the Tengrinews.kz, adding that business leaders of both the countries would hold talks on investment attractiveness of Kazakhstan in the mining sector and incentives offered for investments made to develop mineral deposits in the region.