India taking part in three key business expos in Kazakhstan

August 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Panelists participating in a book launch on Kazakhstan on Friday said all ingredients for a wholesome strategic partnership between India and Kazakhstan exist, and the two governments would be remiss in their responsibility in not realizing the full potential of this partnership. Speaking after the launch of the book "Contemporary Kazakhstan: The Way Ahead", former diplomat Rajiv Sikri said as both India and Kazakhstan possessed a high and welcome degree of scholarship and exchange, there was scope for broadening cooperation in areas other than civil nuclear, gas and oil.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Kazakhstan are actively working to finalize the inter-governmental agreement for cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, revealed Kazakhstan's Ambassador to India, Dr. Kairat Umarov, during an interaction with select media on Tuesday evening.

May 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - More than eight months after the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) granted waiver to New Delhi allowing the resumption of global nuclear commerce, India Monday held talks with an NSG troika comprising Germany, South Africa and Hungary. The Indian delegation, led by Vivek Katju, special secretary (Political and International Organizations), in the external affairs ministry, held talks with the NSG team led by representative of its current chair, Viktor Elbling of Germany.

March 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Kazakhstan will sign an exploration and production agreement for the the Satpayev oil block on the Caspian Sea before the new domestic Kazakh law on reviewing contracts of foreign companies comes into force, it was announced here Friday. This was decided at the seventh meeting of the two-day India-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental Commission (IGC) on trade, economic, scientific, technological, industrial and cultural cooperation that ended in Astana Friday, a government release said.

February 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A month after India entered into a nuclear pact with Russia, leading Russian nuclear company TVEL Wednesday signed a deal to supply uranium to Indian nuclear plants. Russia's state-owned nuclear company Atomenergoprom said that its unit, TVEL, and Indian officials had signed the latest deal under which 'the total cost of contracts is more than $700 million'.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Devisinh Patil Saturday described Kazakhstan as India's 'valuable partner' in its fight against terrorism, while thanking the Central Asian nation for its strong condemnation of the Mumbai mayhem. 'We regard Kazakhstan as a valuable partner in this fight against terrorism,' Patil said in her speech at a banquet in honour of Kazakhstan President Noorsultan Nazarbayev, who will attend the Republic Day Parade here Jan 26 as the chief guest.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee stepped in for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to receive the Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev at a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan Saturday morning. Manmohan Singh was undergoing a bypass surgery in a Delhi hospital and will take a few weeks to recover.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Kazakhstan Saturday signed five agreements, including one on civil nuclear energy. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who arrived Friday night on a four-day visit ahead of the Republic Day parade Monday where he will be the chief guest, signed the agreements with the External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the presence of President Pratibha Patil.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Long-term cooperation in the supply of Kazakh uranium for nuclear reactors will help in solving India's power demand, said Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev here Saturday. 'Long-term cooperation (in supply of uranium) will lead to the solving of India's problem of power,' he said in his address at a business meet jointly organised by industry chambers.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Central Asian republic Kazakhstan Saturday became the fourth nation after the US, France and Russia to sign a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with India. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who is on a four-day visit to the country ahead of India's Republic Day parade where he is the chief guest, was present at the delegation-level talks between the two countries here, along with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and President Pratibha Patil.

January 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived here Friday night on a four-day visit during which India and the energy-rich Central Asian country are expected to sign a civil nuclear agreement and a slew of economic pacts. The Kazakh president will be India's guest of honour at the Republic Day parade.

January 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hailing India as an 'El Dorado' for nuclear business, the government Monday ruled out the participation of the private sector in the country's burgeoning civil nuclear industry for at least five years. Announcing an ambitious plan to expand atomic power generation to 50,000 MW by 2040, the government also underlined that India would not only be an importer of nuclear equipment but could also be an exporter of fast-breeder and thorium-based reactors.

January 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Kazakhstan are set to invigorate their ties when they sign a nuclear pact and other economic agreements during the four-day visit of the energy-rich Central Asian country's President Nursultan Nazarbayev that begins Jan 23. 'The visit will further consolidate and provide fresh impetus to the bilateral relations,' the external affairs ministry said here Wednesday while announcing his visit.

January 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's ONGC Videsh may buy a stake of up to 40 percent in an oil block in Kazakhstan, an oil ministry official said Monday. ONGC Videsh, the overseas arm of state-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp., may get a share of 30-40 percent in the Satpayev block in the oil and mineral resources rich Central Asian country, the official official said.

January 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Trade ties between India and Kazakhstan are headed for a major boost during President Nursultan Nazarbayev's visit to New Delhi, scheduled later this month. Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister for Trade and Industries Zhanar S.