Luxembourg Trade Mission to Kazakhstan

On 2 October 2023, Almaty hosted a Kazakh-Luxembourg business forum attended by Luxembourg ICT, high-tech, industrial and financial companies that arrived in Kazakhstan as part of a trade mission held from 2 to 6 October this year.

The main organiser of the event was the Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg, with the Forum and trade mission co-organised by the BeNeLux Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan and the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Luxembourg.

The business forum's main theme was expanding cooperation between the two countries in priority areas such as IT, digitalisation, financial services, education, transport, mining and the environmental sector. The event offered an excellent opportunity to learn about the latest business development trends in Kazakhstan and to meet potential business partners from Luxembourg.

The business forum was attended by representatives of official and business circles from Luxembourg and Kazakhstan: Ambassador of Luxembourg to the Republic of Kazakhstan Mr Tom Reisen, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg Mr Fernand Ernster, President of the BeNeLux Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan Mr Denis Van den Weghe, Head of the Almaty Entrepreneurship and Investment Department Mr Berik Soltanbayev, Regional Director for European Countries at Kazakh Invest National Company JSC Ms Altynay Mukanova, Acting Deputy Director of the Atameken Chamber of Entrepreneurs in Almaty Ms Ainur Baspakova, Deputy General Director of the Almaty PIT SEZ Mr Azamat Tulebayev, a number of Kazakh companies from various sectors of the economy, as well as the heads and representatives of Luxembourg companies taking part in the trade mission, including Data Things, MTX Connect, Pure Lambda, Virtual Rangers, LOBOX Architectes and others.

The event brought together around 60 participants, including representatives of 14 Luxembourg companies. As part of the mission, the BeNeLux Chamber of Commerce organised around 50 bilateral meetings in Almaty and Astana, from which concrete partnership agreements are expected.