http://arka.am/-YEREVAN, March 18. /ARKA/. Direct flights will be launched between Yerevan and Astana, Kazakh Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu said today in Yerevan.
“There are more than 100 businesses registered in Armenia that have Kazakh capital, while in our country there are 435 companies that have Armenian capital and 76 companies that are combined Armenian-Kazakh businesses. For free movement of citizens and these business people we will open new flights between Astana and Yerevan,” he said at a press briefing with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan.
According to the National Statistical Committee of Armenia, the trade turnover between Armenia and Kazakhstan in January 2024 amounted to about $5 million with a growth of 18.6% compared to January 2023. Armenian exports totaled $2.7 million, up 0.7%, while imports totaled $3.1 million, up 77.3%. –