The Kazakh-German business forum has been opened in the Rixos President Hotel Astana.

The promoters are the Investments Committee of the Kazakh Ministry of Industry and Trade, Kazakh-German Entrepreneurs Association and Kazakh Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

German Ambassador to Kazakhstan Rainer Schlageter noted that this forum is held in the crisis period. "There are certain conditions we can not influence on. It is necessary to take joint measures for the problem issues solution. In the past we exchanged delegations, and these contacts made their positive contribution to economic relations development," he emphasized.

"The leaders of the states paid a number of visits, important events were held. Nowadays the trade turnover forms over EURO 6 billion," the Ambassador stated.