Bishkek, June 4, 2021 . / Kabar / . Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Norway, Yerkin Akhinzhanov, during his business trip to Longyearbyen, the administrative center of the Norwegian province of Svalbard, held a number of meetings with Norwegian business and scientific entities, including the Arctic World Archive, to which he submitted files with national symbols of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazinform reported Friday.
Svalbard (Spitsbergen) is of particular importance in the international research community. Due to the archipelago’s proximity to the North Pole and unique climatic conditions, research stations of several countries and some essential high-tech facilities in telecommunications, meteorology, seismology, space research, and others operate here, the Kazakh MFA’s press service reports.
«This year, Kazakhstan celebrates its 30th anniversary of independence. Today, the country is the second-largest economy in the post-Soviet area and the largest in Central Asia. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is currently carrying out a complex of socio-political and economic reforms. Furthermore, the country is actively exploring new international partnership opportunities. We arrived to discuss investment, scientific and technical cooperation with leading Svalbard companies,» said Akhinzhanov during a meeting with Svalbard's constituted Governor (Vice-Governor), Sølvi Elvedahl.
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