Ambassador of Kazakhstan Viktor Temirbayev on February 6 visited the largest city of Northeastern Bulgaria and the “maritime capital” of the country – Varna.
During the meeting with the Mayor of Varna, Blagomir Kotsev, the parties noted the important role of interregional cooperation in the progressive development of trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian ties, and also discussed issues on the bilateral agenda. In particular, in order to build up relations at the interregional level, special emphasis was placed on completing the procedure for establishing twinning ties with the “Southern capital” of Kazakhstan – Almaty, which was started in 2004 (in 2004, a Protocol of Intent on cooperation was signed).
Ambassador Temirbayev noted the importance of building up bilateral trade and economic relations in the transport and logistics sphere in the context of the increasing role of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (Middle Corridor) in ensuring transit flows between the countries of Europe, Central Asia and China, as well as establishing and strengthening direct contacts between tour operators to mutually increase tourist flows.
Blagomir Kotsev expressed his commitment to the development of interregional relations with Kazakhstan, assuring of his constant support for initiatives to further strengthen mutually beneficial partnership.
During the visit, the Kazakh diplomat also got acquainted with the infrastructure of the largest Bulgarian seaport on the Black Sea – the Port of Varna, discussed with its management issues of increasing the volume of cargo transportation from Kazakhstan. Temirbayev focused on the increasing role of the Middle Corridor in the context of geopolitical turbulence and called on local maritime operators to actively use the potential of the International Association “Trans-Caspian International Transport Route” to build up trade relations between Kazakhstan and Bulgaria.
Photo: Kazakh Foreign Ministry
