From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Thu Jan 27 2005 - 10:08:47 EST
KAZAKH PRESIDENT, PREMIER HOLD BUSINESS MEETINGS
President Nursultan Nazarbaev and Prime Minister Daniyal Akhmetov held a number of business meetings with company heads on 25 January, agencies reported. Nazarbaev met with Lloyd Paxton, chairman of Air Astana, who updated him on the airline's activities over the last three years and future development plans, Kazinform reported. Akhmetov met with Maqbul bin Ali bin Sultan, Oman's trade minister and chairman of the Oman Oil Company, Interfax-Kazakhstan reported. Their talks focused on preparation for the signing of a production-sharing agreement on hydrocarbon deposits in the north Caspian; they agreed that experts and working groups will continue talks on the issue. Akhmetov also met with the management of Singapore Technologies Engineering and the recently formed Kazakh-Singaporean joint venture Kaz-ST Engineering Bastua, Kazinform reported. They discussed cooperation in the fields of information technology, ship building, and Kazakhstan's e-government project. DK
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