22 October 2004

Kazakhstan beckons Indian investment

22 October 2004
The Hindu

International - India & World

Kazakhstan beckons Indian investment

By Siddharth Varadarajan

By Siddharth Varadarajan

ALMATY, OCT. 21. The Kazakhstan President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has expressed a keen interest in India getting involved in his country's energy, information technology and construction sectors, Indian officials said here on Thursday.

Kazakhstan, a country of 16 million people with a landmass equal to 86 per cent of India's area, is the world's 13th largest oil and gas containing region.

During a courtesy call he paid on Mr. Nazarbayev, the External Affairs Minister, Natwar Singh, said that India was extremely interested in cooperation in the energy sector.

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