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Deputy Chairman of the Board of JSC Kaznex Invest of the Ministry of Investment and Development of Kazakhstan Kairat Karmanov said his country would welcome Turkish investors that may decide to withdraw from the Russian market amid growing tensions between Russia and Turkey, according to news agency News-Kazakhstan.
"Of course we are working on this (attracting investors that leave markets in other countries), among other things. We always welcome Turkish, Chinese and European investors if they invest in the country and create jobs," Karmanov said.
"Kaznex agency is open to all investors - Russian, and Turkish ones, so we are less concerned with political issues: we have not changed our attitude to either Russian or Turkish investors, most importantly is that they invest in our economy," he added.
The representative of the national agency specializing in attracting foreign investors to Kazakhstan stressed that the activity of Turkish investors in the country is viewed as positive.
Read alsoNew Silk Road: Turkey, China to deliver goods to Europe bypassing Russia"We saw how they produce goods in Kazakhstan, further exporting them to nearby markets -- Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan -- and there are plans to expand into new markets," Karmanov summed up.
As reported earlier, Russia has banned from January 1, 2016 imports of certain products from Turkey, including cuts and eadible offal of chicken and turkey, fresh and chilled tomatoes, onions and shallots, cauliflower and cabbage, broccoli, cucumber and gherkin, fresh and dried orange and tangerine, grape, apple, pear, apricot, peach and nectarine, plum and sloe berry, strawberries and wild strawberries. Relations between the two states deteriorated after Turkey had shot down a Russian Su-24 bomber near the Turkish-Syrian border on November 24.