In the picture H.E. Ambassador Bolat Nussupov delivering his farewell speech. Berlin, Germany.
On the occasion of the termination of his diplomatic mission as Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Federal Republic of Germany, H.E. Mr. Bolat Nussupov hosted a farewell reception on the 14th of June for the diplomatic corps in Germany, representatives of German politics, economy, culture, media, science and civil society at the Adlon Kempinski Hotel.
In his final speech, Ambassador Nussupov summarized the high level of German-Kazakh relations and the new stage of cooperation between the two countries.
During the five years of his work in Germany, the bilateral political and economic cooperation was strengthened and further developed. There were mutual visits at the highest levels. The bilateral trade balance between both states was always positive and 2018 was marked by a record of 5.2 billion euros.
The investments of German companies in Kazakhstan in the last 5 years amounted to more than EUR 2.5 billion, including the anchor projects of such companies as Giessenhaus, HeidelbergCement, Linde, Wilo, OBI, Ulmus Fonds, Goldbeck Solar, Baumann and others.
At the farewell reception, the Federal Government Commissioner for Eastern Europe, Ambassador Michael Siebert, appeared on behalf of the Federal Government. Eduard Kinsbruner, Regional Director for Central Asia from the German Eastern Business Association (Ostausschuss-Osteuropaverein der Deutschen Wirtschaft) spoke about the further developed cooperation from the perspective of the German economy.
Besides all ambassadors of the Central Asian countries, the ambassadors of Djibouti, Rwanda, Indonesia, Singapore, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and Moldova as well as the deputy ambassador of Japan joined the farewell reception of the highly acknowledged Kazakh diplomat.
